Personal Info

Known For

Camera

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-08-05

Deathday

2017-04-11 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Michael Ballhaus

Biography

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

7.6%

Boogie Nights

Oct 10, 1997

7.2%

Side by Side

Aug 19, 2012

7.4%

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Mar 23, 1979

7.0%

Martha

May 28, 1974

7.0%

Visions of Light

Sep 17, 1992

6.4%

Satan’s Brew

Oct 7, 1976

6.9%

American Masters

Jun 23, 1986

6.8%

Cinematographer Style

Jun 25, 2006

6.4%

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

Jun 11, 1992

6.3%

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

Jan 1, 1992

5.9%

Fassbinder in Hollywood

Jul 2, 2002

5.6%

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

Feb 18, 2010

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Acting

2012

Side by Side as Self

2011

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

2010

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

2008		Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben as Self
2008		Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte as Self
2008		Mister Karl as Self
2008		Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self

2007

Nachtlinie as Self

2006

Cinematographer Style as Self

2005

Who is Helene Schwarz? as Self

2004

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' as Self

2002		Fassbinder in Hollywood as Self
2002		Starbuck Holger Meins as Self

2000

Abendschau as self

1998

Alpha Forum as Self

1997		Boogie Nights as Cameraman (uncredited)
1997		Nachtstudio as Self

1995

Willemsens Woche as Self

1994

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self

1993

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

1992		Visions of Light as Self
1992		I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
1992		Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. as Self

1991

DAS! as Self

1990

Martin Scorsese Directs as Self

1987

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk as Self

1986		American Masters as Self
1986		Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ as Self - The Director of Photography

1984

Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self

1982

Wortwechsel as Self

1979		Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
1979		The Marriage of Maria Braun as Counsel
1979		NDR Talk Show as Self

1978		Spiel der Verlierer as Dr. Müller
1978		Little Godard

1976		Satan’s Brew
1976		Kölner Treff as Self

1974

Martha as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

1969

TV Intim as Self

1951

Deutscher Filmpreis as Self

1948

BAMBI Awards as Self

Camera

2013

3096 Days as Director of Photography

2006

The Departed as Director of Photography

2003		Something's Gotta Give as Director of Photography
2003		Uptown Girls as Director of Photography

2002

Gangs of New York as Director of Photography

2000		The Legend of Bagger Vance as Director of Photography
2000		Gone Underground as Director of Photography
2000		What Planet Are You From? as Director of Photography

1999

Wild Wild West as Director of Photography

1998

Primary Colors as Director of Photography

1997

Air Force One as Director of Photography

1996

Sleepers as Director of Photography

1995

Outbreak as Director of Photography

1994		Quiz Show as Director of Photography
1994		I'll Do Anything as Director of Photography

1993

The Age of Innocence as Director of Photography

1992		Bram Stoker's Dracula as Director of Photography
1992		The Mambo Kings as Director of Photography

1991		What About Bob? as Director of Photography
1991		Guilty by Suspicion as Director of Photography

1990		Madonna: The Immaculate Collection as Director of Photography
1990		Postcards from the Edge as Director of Photography
1990		GoodFellas as Director of Photography

1989

The Fabulous Baker Boys as Director of Photography

1988		Working Girl as Director of Photography
1988		Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Director of Photography
1988		The Last Temptation of Christ as Director of Photography
1988		The House on Carroll Street as Director of Photography
1988		Baja Oklahoma as Director of Photography

1987		Broadcast News as Director of Photography
1987		The Glass Menagerie as Director of Photography

1986		The Color of Money as Director of Photography
1986		Under the Cherry Moon as Director of Photography

1985		After Hours as Director of Photography
1985		Death of a Salesman as Director of Photography

1984		Heartbreakers as Director of Photography
1984		Old Enough as Director of Photography
1984		The Magic Mountain as Director of Photography
1984		The Autograph as Director of Photography
1984		Reckless as Director of Photography

1983		Edith's Diary as Director of Photography
1983		Baby It's You as Director of Photography
1983		Sheer Madness as Director of Photography

1982		Dear Mr. Wonderful as Director of Photography
1982		Der Auslöser as Director of Photography
1982		The Magic Mountain as Director of Photography

1981		Today We're Playing Boss as Director of Photography
1981		Malou as Director of Photography
1981		Lili Marleen as Additional Photography
1981		Looping as Director of Photography

1980		The Uprising as Director of Photography
1980		Big and Little as Director of Photography

1979		Trilogie des Wiedersehens as Director of Photography
1979		The Marriage of Maria Braun as Director of Photography
1979		Die erste Polka as Director of Photography
1979		Bourbon Street Blues as Director of Photography

1978		Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs as Director of Photography
1978		Der Gehilfe as Director of Photography
1978		Despair as Director of Photography
1978		Germany in Autumn as Director of Photography

1977		The Stationmaster’s Wife as Director of Photography
1977		Women in New York as Director of Photography
1977		Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam as Director of Photography
1977		Auf dem Chimborazo as Director of Photography
1977		Portrait of Valeska Gert as Director of Photography
1977		Adolf and Marlene as Director of Photography
1977		Chinese Roulette as Director of Photography

1976		Die Alpensaga as Director of Photography
1976		Satan’s Brew as Director of Photography
1976		Dorothea Merz as Director of Photography
1976		I Only Want You to Love Me as Director of Photography
1976		Chetan, Indian Boy as Director of Photography
1976		Summer Guests as Director of Photography

1975		Cold Blood as Director of Photography
1975		Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven as Director of Photography
1975		Fox and His Friends as Director of Photography

1974		The Island as Director of Photography
1974		From the Family of Reptiles as Director of Photography
1974		Made in Germany and USA as Director of Photography
1974		Martha as Director of Photography

1973		The Sinful Bed as Director of Photography
1973		World on a Wire as Director of Photography

1972		The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant as Director of Photography
1972		Adele Spitzeder as Director of Photography
1972		Der Held as Director of Photography
1972		Tödlicher Poker as Director of Photography

1971		Beware of a Holy Whore as Director of Photography
1971		Whity as Director of Photography
1971		Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Director of Photography
1971		Sand as Director of Photography

1970

We Two as Director of Photography

1969		Der Kidnapper as Director of Photography
1969		Your Caresses as Director of Photography
1969		Several Times Daily as Director of Photography

1968

Gold für Montevasall as Director of Photography

1966

Abschied as Director of Photography

1964

Das Martyrium des Peter OHey as Director of Photography

1961		Dreamland of Desire as Director of Photography
1961		Die Kassette as Director of Photography

1955

Lola Montès as Still Photographer

Crew

2010

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

Directing

2009		Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin as Director
2009		In Berlin as Director

1971

Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Director

Editing

2009

In Berlin as Editor

Production

1999

The Thirteenth Floor as Executive Producer

1971

Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 as Producer

Writing

2009

In Berlin as Writer