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Michael Ballhaus

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.

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Camera

1955

[ ] Lola Montès (Still Photographer)

1961

[ ] Die Kassette (Director of Photography)
[ ] Dreamland of Desire (Director of Photography)

1964

[ ] Das Martyrium des Peter OHey (Director of Photography)

1966

[ ] Abschied (Director of Photography)

1968

[ ] Gold für Montevasall (Director of Photography)

1969

[ ] Your Caresses (Director of Photography)
[ ] Der Kidnapper (Director of Photography)
[ ] Several Times Daily (Director of Photography)

1970

[ ] We Two (Director of Photography)

1971

[ ] Whity (Director of Photography)
[ ] Beware of a Holy Whore (Director of Photography)
[ ] Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 (Director of Photography)
[ ] Sand (Director of Photography)

1972

[ 7/10 ] The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Director of Photography)
[ ] Der Held (Director of Photography)
[ ] Adele Spitzeder (Director of Photography)

1973

[ ] The Sinful Bed (Director of Photography)
[ ] Chetan, Indian Boy (Director of Photography)

1974

[ ] Martha (Director of Photography)
[ ] Made in Germany and USA (Director of Photography)
[ ] From the Family of Reptiles (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Island (Director of Photography)

1975

[ ] Cold Blood (Director of Photography)
[ ] Fox and His Friends (Director of Photography)
[ ] Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (Director of Photography)

1976

[ ] I Only Want You to Love Me (Director of Photography)
[ ] Satan’s Brew (Director of Photography)
[ ] Dorothea Merz (Director of Photography)
[ ] Summer Guests (Director of Photography)

1977

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

1978

[ W ] Germany in Autumn (Director of Photography)
[ ] Despair (Director of Photography)
[ ] Der Gehilfe (Director of Photography)
[ ] Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs (Director of Photography)

1979

[ ] The Marriage of Maria Braun (Director of Photography)
[ ] Bourbon Street Blues (Director of Photography)
[ ] The First Polka (Director of Photography)
[ ] Trilogie des Wiedersehens (Director of Photography)

1980

[ ] Big and Little (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Uprising (Director of Photography)

1981

[ ] Lili Marleen (Additional Photography)
[ ] Today We're Playing Boss (Director of Photography)
[ ] Malou (Director of Photography)
[ ] Looping (Director of Photography)

1982

[ ] The Magic Mountain (Director of Photography)
[ ] Dear Mr. Wonderful (Director of Photography)
[ ] Der Auslöser (Director of Photography)

1983

[ ] Baby It's You (Director of Photography)
[ ] Sheer Madness (Director of Photography)
[ ] Edith's Diary (Director of Photography)

1984

[ ] Reckless (Director of Photography)
[ ] Old Enough (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Autograph (Director of Photography)
[ ] Heartbreakers (Director of Photography)

1985

[ ] After Hours (Director of Photography)
[ ] Death of a Salesman (Director of Photography)

1986

[ ] The Color of Money (Director of Photography)
[ ] Under the Cherry Moon (Director of Photography)

1987

[ ] Broadcast News (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Glass Menagerie (Director of Photography)

1988

[ ] Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Director of Photography)
[ ] Working Girl (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Last Temptation of Christ (Director of Photography)
[ ] The House on Carroll Street (Director of Photography)
[ ] Baja Oklahoma (Director of Photography)

1989

[ ] The Fabulous Baker Boys (Director of Photography)

1990

[ 7/10 ] GoodFellas (Director of Photography)
[ ] Postcards from the Edge (Director of Photography)
[ ] Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (Director of Photography)

1991

[ ] What About Bob? (Director of Photography)
[ ] Guilty by Suspicion (Director of Photography)

1992

[ 8/10 ] Bram Stoker's Dracula (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Mambo Kings (Director of Photography)

1993

[ ] The Age of Innocence (Director of Photography)

1994

[ ] Quiz Show (Director of Photography)
[ ] I'll Do Anything (Director of Photography)

1995

[ ] Outbreak (Director of Photography)

1996

[ ] Sleepers (Director of Photography)

1997

[ ] Air Force One (Director of Photography)

1998

[ ] Primary Colors (Director of Photography)

1999

[ ] Wild Wild West (Director of Photography)

2000

[ ] What Planet Are You From? (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Legend of Bagger Vance (Director of Photography)
[ ] Gone Underground (Director of Photography)

2002

[ ] Gangs of New York (Director of Photography)

2003

[ ] Uptown Girls (Director of Photography)
[ ] Something's Gotta Give (Director of Photography)

2006

[ ] The Departed (Director of Photography)

2013

[ ] 3096 Days (Director of Photography)

Production

1971

[ ] Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 (Producer)

1999

[ 4/10 ] The Thirteenth Floor (Executive Producer)

Directing

1971

[ ] Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 (Director)

2009

[ ] In Berlin (Director)
[ ] Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin (Director)

Crew

2010

[ ] Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today (Thanks)

Writing

2009

[ ] In Berlin (Writer)

Editing

2009

[ ] In Berlin (Editor)

Actor

1974

[ ] Martha (Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

1976

[ ] Satan’s Brew (????)

1978

[ ] Little Godard (????)
[ ] Spiel der Verlierer (Dr. Müller)

1979

[ ] The Marriage of Maria Braun (Counsel)

1986

[ ] Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ (Self - The Director of Photography)

1987

[ ] Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk (Self)

1990

[ ] Martin Scorsese Directs (Self)

1992

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

1993

[ ] Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' (Self)

1997

[ 8/10 ] Boogie Nights (Cameraman (uncredited))

2000

[ ] Fassbinder's Women (Self)

2002

[ ] Fassbinder in Hollywood (Self)
[ ] Starbuck Holger Meins (Self)

2004

[ ] Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (Self)

2005

[ ] Who is Helene Schwarz? (Self)

2006

[ ] Cinematographer Style (Self)

2008

[ ] Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (Self)
[ ] Mister Karl (Self)
[ ] Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben (Self)
[ ] Notes on an American Film Director at Work (Self)

2010

[ ] Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today (Self)

2011

[ ] The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited (Self)

2012

[ ] Side by Side (Self)

2017

[ ] Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (Self)