
Michael Ballhaus
- Camera
- August 5, 1935 · Berlin, Germany
- April 11, 2017
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
Filmography
- Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life · Self
- 3096 Days · Cinematography
- Side by Side · Self
- The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited · Self
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today · Self, Thanks
- Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin · Director
- In Berlin · Director, Writer
- Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben · Self
- Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte · Self
- Mister Karl · Self
- Notes on an American Film Director at Work · Self
- Nachtlinie · Self
- The Departed · Cinematography
- Cinematographer Style · Self
- Who is Helene Schwarz? · Self
- Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' · Self
- Something's Gotta Give · Cinematography
- Uptown Girls · Cinematography
- Gangs of New York · Cinematography
- Fassbinder in Hollywood · Self
- Starbuck Holger Meins · Self
- Fassbinder's Women · Self
- The Legend of Bagger Vance · Cinematography
- Gone Underground · Cinematography
- Abendschau · Self
- What Planet Are You From? · Cinematography
- Wild Wild West · Cinematography
- The Thirteenth Floor · Executive producer
- Primary Colors · Cinematography
- Alpha Forum · Self
- Boogie Nights · Cameraman (uncredited)
- Nachtstudio · Self
- Air Force One · Cinematography
- Sleepers · Cinematography
- Outbreak · Cinematography
- Willemsens Woche · Self
- alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio · Self
- Quiz Show · Cinematography
- I'll Do Anything · Cinematography
- The Age of Innocence · Cinematography
- Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' · Self
- Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies · Self
- Bram Stoker's Dracula · Cinematography
- Visions of Light · Self
- I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me · Self
- The Mambo Kings · Cinematography
- What About Bob? · Cinematography
- Guilty by Suspicion · Cinematography
- DAS! · Self
- Madonna: The Immaculate Collection · Cinematography
- Postcards from the Edge · Cinematography
- GoodFellas · Cinematography
- Martin Scorsese Directs · Self
- The Fabulous Baker Boys · Cinematography
- Working Girl · Cinematography
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels · Cinematography
- The Last Temptation of Christ · Cinematography
- The House on Carroll Street · Cinematography
- Baja Oklahoma · Cinematography
- Broadcast News · Cinematography
- The Glass Menagerie · Cinematography
- Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk · Self
- The Color of Money · Cinematography
- Under the Cherry Moon · Cinematography
- Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ · Self
- American Masters · Self
- After Hours · Cinematography
- Death of a Salesman · Cinematography
- Heartbreakers · Cinematography
- Old Enough · Cinematography
- The Magic Mountain · Cinematography
- The Autograph · Cinematography
- Goldene Kamera · Self
- Reckless · Cinematography
- Edith's Diary · Cinematography
- Baby It's You · Cinematography
- Sheer Madness · Cinematography
- Dear Mr. Wonderful · Cinematography
- Der Auslöser · Cinematography
- The Magic Mountain · Cinematography











