
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life as Self
2012Side by Side as Self
2011The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited as Self
2010Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today as Self
2008Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben as Self
2008Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte as Self
2008Mister Karl as Self
2008Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self
2007Nachtlinie as Self
2006Cinematographer Style as Self
2005Who is Helene Schwarz? as Self
2004Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' as Self
2002Fassbinder in Hollywood as Self
2002Starbuck Holger Meins as Self
2000Abendschau as self
1998Alpha Forum as Self
1997Boogie Nights as Cameraman (uncredited)
1997Nachtstudio as Self
1995Willemsens Woche as Self
1994alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' as Self
1992Visions of Light as Self
1992I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me as Self
1992Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. as Self
1991DAS! as Self
1990Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
1987Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk as Self
1986American Masters as Self
1986Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ as Self - The Director of Photography
1984Goldene Kamera as Self
1982Wortwechsel as Self
1979Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1979The Marriage of Maria Braun as Counsel
1979NDR Talk Show as Self
1978Spiel der Verlierer as Dr. Müller
1978Little Godard
1976Satan’s Brew
1976Kölner Treff as Self
1974Martha as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1969TV Intim as Self
1951German Film Award as Self
1948Bambi as Self






