Michael Ballhaus

Personal Info

Birthday

August 5, 1935

Day of Death

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

Boogie Nights

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Martha

Spiel der Verlierer

Filmography

2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
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
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
as Self
Mister Karl
as Self
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
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
Starbuck Holger Meins
as Self
1997
Boogie Nights
as Cameraman (uncredited)
1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self
1992
Visions of Light
as Self
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
as Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
as Self
1990
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
1987
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
as Self
1986
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
as Self - The Director of Photography
1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Counsel
1978
Spiel der Verlierer
as Dr. Müller
1974
Martha
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)