Michael Ballhaus
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Michael Ballhaus

Born 5 August 1935 · Berlin, Germany · Died 11 April 2017

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 Departed
GoodFellas
Gangs of New York
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Sleepers
Wild Wild West
Air Force One
Outbreak
After Hours
Something's Gotta Give
The Thirteenth Floor
The Color of Money
3096 Days
In Berlin
Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin
The Departed
Uptown Girls
Something's Gotta Give
Gangs of New York
What Planet Are You From?
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Gone Underground
2000
The Thirteenth Floor
Wild Wild West
Primary Colors
Air Force One
Sleepers
Outbreak
Quiz Show
I'll Do Anything
The Age of Innocence
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Mambo Kings
What About Bob?
Guilty by Suspicion
GoodFellas
Postcards from the Edge
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Working Girl
The Last Temptation of Christ
The House on Carroll Street
Baja Oklahoma
Broadcast News
The Glass Menagerie
The Color of Money
Under the Cherry Moon
After Hours
Death of a Salesman
Reckless
Old Enough
The Autograph
Heartbreakers
Baby It's You
Sheer Madness
Edith's Diary
The Magic Mountain
Dear Mr. Wonderful
Der Auslöser
1982
Looping
Malou
Today We're Playing Boss
1981
Big and Little
1980
The Uprising
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Bourbon Street Blues
The First Polka
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
1979
Spiel der Verlierer
1978
Germany in Autumn
Despair
Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs
1978
Der Gehilfe
Chinese Roulette
Portrait of Valeska Gert
Adolf and Marlene
Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam
1977
Auf dem Chimborazo
1977
The Stationmaster’s Wife
Women in New York
Satan’s Brew
I Only Want You to Love Me
Summer Guests
Dorothea Merz
1976
Cold Blood
Fox and His Friends
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Martha
Made in Germany and USA
From the Family of Reptiles
The Island
The Sinful Bed
Chetan, Indian Boy
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Der Held
1972
Adele Spitzeder
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
1971
Whity
Beware of a Holy Whore
Sand
1971
We Two
Your Caresses
Several Times Daily
Der Kidnapper
1969
Gold für Montevasall
1968
Abschied
1966
Das Martyrium des Peter OHey
1964
Die Kassette
Dreamland of Desire
1961
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