Jay Myself

Jay Myself (2019)

Before you can see, you have to look.

Photographer Stephen Wilkes creates an intimate portrait of his mentor, Jay Maisel, as he leaves the 30,000 square foot building in the Bowery that he's inhabited and filled with his eccentric collection of beautiful random objects for the last 40 years - known as 'The Bank.'

Date of release
2019-07-31
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Stephen Wilkes

Casting

Interesting facts

Jay Myself is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Stephen Wilkes, produced by his wife, Bette Wilkes, and written by Josh Alexander.

Production and screening

The production began with Wilkes, back then a photographer himself, getting acquainted with Maisel in 1979, and soon after becoming his close friend, assistant and mentee. The film was shot in 2015.

Jay Myself premiered at 2018 Doc NYC. It was screened at numerous other film festivals, including the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Newport Beach Film Festival and OTR Film Festival. It also was screened domestically at the 2019 Milwaukee and at the Sedona Film Festivals.

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