Michael Ballhaus

Camera

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.

Filmography 46

Movies (30)

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
Self
Side by Side
2012
Self
The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
2011
Self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2010
Self
Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin
2009
Directing
In Berlin
2009
Directing
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
2008
Self
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008
Self
Mister Karl
2008
Self
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008
Self
Cinematographer Style
2006
Self
Who is Helene Schwarz?
2005
Self
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
Self
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002
Self
Starbuck Holger Meins
2002
Self
Fassbinder's Women
2000
Self
Boogie Nights
1997
Cameraman (uncredited)
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
1992
Self
Visions of Light
1992
Self
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
Self
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
1987
Self
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986
Self - The Director of Photography
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
Counsel
Spiel der Verlierer
1978
Dr. Müller
Little Godard
1978
Satan’s Brew
1976
Martha
1974
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
1971
Directing