Michael Ballhaus

• Birthdate: 1935-08-05
• Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
• Gender: Male
• 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.

Filmography

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Boogie Nights

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

Side by Side

Visions of Light

Satan’s Brew

Fassbinder in Hollywood

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

Martha

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

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

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

Martin Scorsese Directs

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

Notes on an American Film Director at Work

Cinematographer Style

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

Fassbinder's Women