
Michael Ballhaus
Department: 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.
Known For

The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008

Boogie Nights
1997

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992

Side by Side
2012

Visions of Light
1992

Satan’s Brew
1976

Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986

Little Godard
1978

Who is Helene Schwarz?
2005

Mister Karl
2008

Martha
1974

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
1992

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
1987

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
2010

Starbuck Holger Meins
2002

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
2008

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
2011

Spiel der Verlierer
1978

Martin Scorsese Directs
1990

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993

Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008

Cinematographer Style
2006

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017

Fassbinder's Women
2000

Nachtlinie
2007

TV Intim
1969

American Masters
1986

German Film Award
1951

Goldene Kamera
1984

Bambi
1948

Bavarian Film Awards
1979

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994

Kölner Treff
1976

Alpha Forum
1998

DAS!
1991

NDR Talk Show
1979

Wortwechsel
1982

Nachtstudio
1997

Willemsens Woche
1995

Abendschau
2000