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Michael Ballhaus

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Michael Ballhaus

IT, DE, EN, ES cinema · 123 credits

Born

5 August 1935

Died

11 April 2017 (aged 81)

Birthplace

Berlin, Germany

Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C. (August 5, 1935 – April 12, 2017) was a German cinematographer who collaborated with directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols, James L. Brooks, and Wolfgang Petersen. He was a member of both the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and the American Society of Cinematographers.

Known for

Filmography

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life poster

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

IT · 20175.2

as Self

3096 Days poster

3096 Days

DE · 20137.4

Director of Photography

Side by Side poster

Side by Side

EN · 20127.3

as Self

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited poster

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited

EN · 20116.5

as Self

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today poster

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today

DE · 20106.2

as Self, Thanks

In Berlin poster

In Berlin

DE · 2009Not rated

Director, Writer, Editor

Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin poster

Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin

DE · 20095.0

Director

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

2008

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

DE · 20086.3

as Self

Mister Karl poster

Mister Karl

DE · 2008Not rated

as Self

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben poster

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben

DE · 2008Not rated

as Self

Notes on an American Film Director at Work poster

Notes on an American Film Director at Work

EN · 20085.5

as Self

Cinematographer Style poster

Cinematographer Style

EN · 20066.8

as Self

The Departed poster

The Departed

EN · 20068.2

Director of Photography

Wer ist Helene Schwarz?

2005

Who is Helene Schwarz?

DE · 20057.0

as Self

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' poster

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

EN · 20046.0

as Self

Uptown Girls poster

Uptown Girls

EN · 20037.1

Director of Photography

Something's Gotta Give poster

Something's Gotta Give

EN · 20036.6

Director of Photography

Fassbinder in Hollywood poster

Fassbinder in Hollywood

EN · 20026.1

as Self

Starbuck Holger Meins

2002

Starbuck Holger Meins

DE · 20025.2

as Self

Gangs of New York poster

Gangs of New York

EN · 20027.3

Director of Photography

Fassbinder's Women poster

Fassbinder's Women

DE · 20005.3

as Self

What Planet Are You From? poster

What Planet Are You From?

EN · 20005.4

Director of Photography

The Legend of Bagger Vance poster

The Legend of Bagger Vance

EN · 20006.6

Director of Photography

Gone Underground

2000

Gone Underground

DE · 20007.0

Director of Photography

The Thirteenth Floor poster

The Thirteenth Floor

EN · 19997.1

Executive Producer

Wild Wild West poster

Wild Wild West

EN · 19995.3

Director of Photography

Primary Colors poster

Primary Colors

EN · 19986.2

Director of Photography

Boogie Nights poster

Boogie Nights

EN · 19977.6

as Cameraman (uncredited)

Air Force One poster

Air Force One

EN · 19976.5

Director of Photography

Sleepers poster

Sleepers

EN · 19967.6

Director of Photography

Outbreak poster

Outbreak

EN · 19956.6

Director of Photography

Quiz Show poster

Quiz Show

EN · 19947.2

Director of Photography

I'll Do Anything poster

I'll Do Anything

EN · 19945.6

Director of Photography

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' poster

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

EN · 19937.0

as Self

The Age of Innocence poster

The Age of Innocence

EN · 19937.0

Director of Photography

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me poster

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

DE · 19926.5

as Self

Visions of Light poster

Visions of Light

EN · 19927.0

as Self

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies poster

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies

EN · 19926.4

as Self

Bram Stoker's Dracula poster

Bram Stoker's Dracula

EN · 19927.4

Director of Photography

The Mambo Kings poster

The Mambo Kings

EN · 19926.4

Director of Photography

What About Bob? poster

What About Bob?

EN · 19916.9

Director of Photography

Guilty by Suspicion poster

Guilty by Suspicion

EN · 19916.5

Director of Photography

Martin Scorsese Directs poster

Martin Scorsese Directs

EN · 19909.0

as Self

GoodFellas poster

GoodFellas

EN · 19908.5

Director of Photography

Postcards from the Edge poster

Postcards from the Edge

EN · 19906.6

Director of Photography

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection poster

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

EN · 19908.6

Director of Photography

The Fabulous Baker Boys poster

The Fabulous Baker Boys

EN · 19896.6

Director of Photography

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels poster

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

EN · 19887.1

Director of Photography

Working Girl poster

Working Girl

EN · 19886.6

Director of Photography

The Last Temptation of Christ poster

The Last Temptation of Christ

EN · 19887.2

Director of Photography

The House on Carroll Street poster

The House on Carroll Street

EN · 19885.9

Director of Photography

Baja Oklahoma poster

Baja Oklahoma

EN · 19886.5

Director of Photography

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

1987

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

EN · 1987Not rated

as Self

Broadcast News poster

Broadcast News

EN · 19876.8

Director of Photography

The Glass Menagerie poster

The Glass Menagerie

EN · 19876.2

Director of Photography

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ poster

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

EN · 1986Not rated

as Self - The Director of Photography

The Color of Money poster

The Color of Money

EN · 19866.9

Director of Photography

Under the Cherry Moon poster

Under the Cherry Moon

EN · 19865.4

Director of Photography

After Hours poster

After Hours

EN · 19857.5

Director of Photography

Death of a Salesman poster

Death of a Salesman

EN · 19856.9

Director of Photography

Reckless poster

Reckless

EN · 19845.7

Director of Photography

Old Enough poster

Old Enough

EN · 19846.5

Director of Photography

The Autograph poster

The Autograph

DE · 19846.5

Director of Photography

Heartbreakers poster

Heartbreakers

EN · 19845.2

Director of Photography

Baby It's You poster

Baby It's You

EN · 19836.0

Director of Photography

Sheer Madness poster

Sheer Madness

DE · 19837.0

Director of Photography

Edith's Diary poster

Edith's Diary

DE · 19836.0

Director of Photography

The Magic Mountain poster

The Magic Mountain

DE · 19825.8

Director of Photography

Dear Mr. Wonderful poster

Dear Mr. Wonderful

EN · 19825.0

Director of Photography

Der Auslöser

1982

Der Auslöser

DE · 19829.0

Director of Photography

Lili Marleen poster

Lili Marleen

DE · 19816.5

Additional Photography

Looping poster

Looping

DE · 19814.5

Director of Photography

Malou poster

Malou

DE · 19815.9

Director of Photography

Heute spielen wir den Boss

1981

Today We're Playing Boss

DE · 19814.5

Director of Photography

Groß und Klein

1980

Big and Little

DE · 19807.0

Director of Photography

The Uprising poster

The Uprising

ES · 19806.0

Director of Photography

The Marriage of Maria Braun poster

The Marriage of Maria Braun

DE · 19797.4

as Counsel, Director of Photography

Bourbon Street Blues poster

Bourbon Street Blues

DE · 19796.1

Director of Photography

The First Polka poster

The First Polka

DE · 19799.0

Director of Photography

Trilogie des Wiedersehens

1979

Trilogie des Wiedersehens

DE · 19797.0

Director of Photography

Der kleine Godard an das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film

1978

Little Godard

DE · 197810.0

Actor

Spiel der Verlierer

1978

Spiel der Verlierer

DE · 19788.0

as Dr. Müller

Germany in Autumn poster

Germany in Autumn

DE · 19786.4

Director of Photography

Despair poster

Despair

EN · 19786.5

Director of Photography

Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs

1978

Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs

DE · 19789.0

Director of Photography

Der Gehilfe poster

Der Gehilfe

DE · 19788.0

Director of Photography

Chinese Roulette poster

Chinese Roulette

DE · 19777.1

Director of Photography

Portrait of Valeska Gert poster

Portrait of Valeska Gert

DE · 19779.0

Director of Photography

Adolf and Marlene poster

Adolf and Marlene

DE · 19777.0

Director of Photography

Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam

1977

Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam

DE · 19776.0

Director of Photography

Auf dem Chimborazo

1977

Auf dem Chimborazo

DE · 197710.0

Director of Photography

The Stationmaster’s Wife poster

The Stationmaster’s Wife

DE · 19775.7

Director of Photography

Women in New York poster

Women in New York

DE · 19776.0

Director of Photography

Satan’s Brew poster

Satan’s Brew

DE · 19766.4

Actor, Director of Photography

I Only Want You to Love Me poster

I Only Want You to Love Me

DE · 19767.3

Director of Photography

Summer Guests poster

Summer Guests

DE · 19767.2

Director of Photography

Dorothea Merz

1976

Dorothea Merz

DE · 19767.0

Director of Photography

Cold Blood poster

Cold Blood

DE · 19755.5

Director of Photography

Fox and His Friends poster

Fox and His Friends

DE · 19757.2

Director of Photography

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven poster

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

DE · 19757.7

Director of Photography

Martha poster

Martha

DE · 19747.1

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited), Director of Photography

Made in Germany and USA poster

Made in Germany and USA

DE · 19745.2

Director of Photography

From the Family of Reptiles poster

From the Family of Reptiles

DE · 19747.0

Director of Photography

The Island poster

The Island

DE · 19747.0

Director of Photography

The Sinful Bed poster

The Sinful Bed

DE · 19734.0

Director of Photography

Chetan, Indian Boy poster

Chetan, Indian Boy

DE · 19736.6

Director of Photography

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant poster

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

DE · 19727.4

Director of Photography

Der Held

1972

Der Held

DE · 1972Not rated

Director of Photography

Adele Spitzeder poster

Adele Spitzeder

DE · 197210.0

Director of Photography

Fassbinder produziert: Film Nr. 8

1971

Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

DE · 19717.0

Director, Director of Photography, Producer

Whity poster

Whity

DE · 19715.4

Director of Photography

Beware of a Holy Whore poster

Beware of a Holy Whore

DE · 19716.2

Director of Photography

Sand

1971

Sand

DE · 1971Not rated

Director of Photography

We Two poster

We Two

DE · 19709.0

Director of Photography

Your Caresses poster

Your Caresses

DE · 19694.8

Director of Photography

Several Times Daily poster

Several Times Daily

DE · 19697.0

Director of Photography

Der Kidnapper

1969

Der Kidnapper

DE · 1969Not rated

Director of Photography

Gold für Montevasall

1968

Gold für Montevasall

DE · 1968Not rated

Director of Photography

Abschied

1966

Abschied

DE · 19668.0

Director of Photography

Das Martyrium des Peter OHey

1964

Das Martyrium des Peter OHey

DE · 19648.0

Director of Photography

Die Kassette poster

Die Kassette

DE · 19617.0

Director of Photography

Traumland der Sehnsucht

1961

Dreamland of Desire

DE · 196110.0

Director of Photography

Lola Montès poster

Lola Montès

FR · 19556.9

Still Photographer