Michael Ballhaus Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C. (born 5 August 1935) is a German cinematographer. In 1990, he was the Head of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
Net Worth
$1.4 Million
Date Of Birth
August 5, 1935
Place Of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Profession
Cinematographer, Director, Actor
Spouse
Helga Mavia Betten Ballhaus
Children
Sebastian Ballhaus
Nicknames
Michael Ballhaus, Ballhaus, Michael, Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C.
Star Sign
Leo
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Trademark
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Cinematographer of many Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese and 'Mike Nichols' films.
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Fact
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Visiting the set of "Lola Montes" and watching the cinematographer Christian Matras was an inspiration to the young Ballhaus, whose aunt was married to the film's director, Max Ophuls.
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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1987.
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First German cinematographer to be honored by the American Society of Cinematographers (2007).
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Got to know Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he made 15 movies, in the late 1960s.
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Lives in Berlin, Franconia and New York.
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Son of stage actors Oskar Ballhaus and Lena Hutter.
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Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2003.
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Father of Jan Sebastian Ballhaus and Florian Ballhaus.
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Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1990
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Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
3096 Tage
2013
Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
2009
Video videos "Papa Don't Preach", "True Blue"
Purple Sunrise
2009
Short
Die sanfte Schminke des Lichts
2007
Short
Nachts träumen die Lampen des Ateliers von ihrem wahren Leben
2007
Short
The Departed
2006
director of photography
Sonntagsluft
2005
director of photography
Something's Gotta Give
2003
director of photography
Uptown Girls
2003
director of photography
Gangs of New York
2002
director of photography
Mutti
2002
Short
Gone Underground
2001
Short
The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000
director of photography
What Planet Are You From?
2000
Wild Wild West
1999
Primary Colors
1998
director of photography
Air Force One
1997
Kreuz & quer
1996
Sleepers
1996
Outbreak
1995
Quiz Show
1994
I'll Do Anything
1994
The Age of Innocence
1993
director of photography
Dracula
1992
director of photography
The Mambo Kings
1992
What About Bob?
1991
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1990
Video segment "Papa Don't Preach"
Postcards from the Edge
1990
director of photography
Goodfellas
1990
director of photography
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
director of photography
Working Girl
1988
director of photography
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988
director of photography
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
director of photography
The House on Carroll Street
1988
director of photography
Baja Oklahoma
1988
TV Movie
Broadcast News
1987
director of photography
The Glass Menagerie
1987
Landscape with Waitress
1986
TV Movie
The Color of Money
1986
director of photography
Madonna: True Blue
1986
Video short
Under the Cherry Moon
1986
Madonna: Papa Don't Preach
1986
Video short
Prince: Mountains
1986
Video short
After Hours
1985
Death of a Salesman
1985
TV Movie
Heartbreakers
1984
director of photography
Old Enough
1984
Das Autogramm
1984
Reckless
1984
Ediths Tagebuch
1983
Baby It's You
1983
Sheer Madness
1983
Dear Mr. Wonderful
1982
Der Auslöser
1982
TV Movie
Der Zauberberg
1982
Heute spielen wir den Boß
1981
Looping
1981
Oye Raimundo, adónde vas?
1981
Documentary
Malou
1981
Lili Marleen
1981
uncredited
Groß und Klein
1980
Also es war so...
1980
TV Movie
La insurrección
1980
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
1979
TV Movie
Die erste Polka
1979
Bourbon Street Blues
1979
Short
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
Alpensaga
1979
TV Series 1 episode
Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs
1978
Documentary
Der Gehilfe
1978
TV Movie
Despair
1978
director of photography
Deutschland im Herbst
1978
Bolwieser
1977
TV Movie
Ein Haus für uns
1977
TV Series 2 episodes
Frauen in New York
1977
TV Movie
Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel
1977
Documentary
Curd Jürgens
1977
TV Movie documentary
Auf dem Chimborazo
1977
TV Movie
Adolf und Marlene
1977
Chinese Roulette
1976
Satan's Brew
1976
Sonntag
1976
TV Movie
Dorothea Merz
1976
TV Movie
Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt
1976
TV Movie
Sommergäste
1976
Das Amulett des Todes
1975
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
Fox and His Friends
1975
Rosenmontag
1974
TV Movie
Made in Germany und USA
1974
Martha
1974/I
TV Movie
Unter einem Dach
1974
TV Series
Tatort
1973
TV Series 1 episode
Das sündige Bett
1973
as Michael Alexander
Welt am Draht
1973
TV Series
Chetan, Indian Boy
1973
Ich bin ein Bürger der DDR
1973
TV Movie documentary
Tödlicher Poker
1972
director of photography
Adele Spitzeder
1972
TV Movie
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
Der Held
1972
TV Movie
Der Marquis von Keith
1972
TV Movie
Sand
1971
TV Movie
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971
Whity
1971
Fassbinder produziert: Film Nr. 8
1971
TV Movie documentary
Die Verabredung mit der Wirklichkeit
1971
TV Movie documentary
Wir - zwei
1970
Der Kidnapper
1969
TV Movie
Deine Zärtlichkeiten
1969
Mehrmals täglich
1969
Gold für Montevasall
1968
TV Movie
Ganze Tage in den Bäumen
1968
TV Movie
Ein Haus aus lauter Liebe
1966
TV Short
Abschied
1966
TV Movie
Große Liebe
1966
TV Movie
Der große Wildenberg - Ein Feuilleton
1965
TV Movie
Das Martyrium des Peter O'Hey
1964
TV Movie
Der Klassenaufsatz
1963
TV Movie
Traumland der Sehnsucht
1961
Documentary
Die Kassette
1961
TV Movie
Die Nachbarskinder
1960
TV Short
Alt-Heidelberg
1959
TV Movie
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Unser Franken
2011
Documentary co-director
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: Heute Nacht oder nie
2009
TV Movie artistic direction
In Berlin
2009
Documentary
Under the Cherry Moon
1986
uncredited
Fassbinder produziert: Film Nr. 8
1971
TV Movie documentary co-director
Die Verabredung mit der Wirklichkeit
1971
TV Movie documentary
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Soundman
1998
Big Shot Cinematographer (voice)
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
Counsel
Spiel der Verlierer
1978
Dr. Müller
Der kleine Godard an das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film
1978
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
O Wildnis
1959
TV Movie camera operator
Lola Montès
1955
still photographer - uncredited
Der trojanische Sessel
1971
TV Movie assistant camera
Die Möwe
1963/II
TV Movie camera operator
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Die verlorene Zeit
2011
associate producer
Last Night
2004/III
Short consulting producer
The Thirteenth Floor
1999
executive producer
Fassbinder produziert: Film Nr. 8
1971
TV Movie documentary producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
In Berlin
2009
Documentary script
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt
1976
TV Movie artistic director: restored version
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
In Berlin
2009
Documentary
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stranded
2004/II
Short visual consultant
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chroma
2017
TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today
2010
Video documentary special thanks
Ayla
2010
thanks
Filming for Your Life: Making 'After Hours'
2004
Video documentary short special thanks
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
Video documentary short special thanks
Visions of Light
1992
Documentary special thanks: AFI
The Man Inside
1990
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Close Up: Gero von Boehm fragt
2015
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Side by Side Extra: Volume Five
2014
Documentary
Himself
Side by Side Extra
2012
Short
Himself
Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2012
2012
TV Movie
Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Side by Side
2012
Documentary
Himself
The Cinema and its Double - Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
2011
Video documentary
Himself
Von der Liebe und den Zwängen: Mutmaßungen über Fassbinders 'Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt'
2010
Documentary
Himself
Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2010
2010
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today
2010
Video documentary
Himself
Working with Max Ophuls: 'Lola Montès' Revisited
2009
Documentary
Himself
In Berlin
2009
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
NDR Talk Show
2008
TV Series
Himself
Ceremonia de clausura - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián
2008
TV Movie
Himself
Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián
2008
TV Special
Himself
Mr. Karl - Ein Mensch für Menschen
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008
Documentary
Himself
Nachtlinie
2007
TV Series
Himself
The 2007 European Film Awards
2007
TV Special
Himself
Cinematographer Style
2006
Documentary
Himself
Wer ist Helene Schwarz?
2005
Documentary
Himself
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
Video documentary short
Himself - Director of Photography
Fassbinder in Hollywood
2002
Documentary
Himself
Starbuck Holger Meins
2002
Documentary
Himself
Michael Ballhaus - Begegnung mit dem Auge Hollywoods
2001
Documentary short
Himself
Für mich gab's nur noch Fassbinder
2000
Documentary
Himself
Die goldene Kamera 1999
1999
TV Movie
Himself
Willemsens Woche
1997
TV Series
Himself
International Cinematographer's Guild Heritage Series
1995
TV Series
Himself
Ich will nicht nur, daß ihr mich liebt - Der Filmemacher Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1993
Documentary
Himself
Visions of Light
1992
Documentary
Himself
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
1992
TV Short documentary
Himself
Das fliegende Auge
1991
Documentary
Himself
American Masters
1985-1990
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - The Director of Photography
Wunderbare Visionen auf dem Weg zur Hölle - Das Kino und die Kämpfe des Martin Scorsese
1989
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
1987
TV Movie documentary
Himself
100 Tage auf dem 'Zauberberg' - Bericht über die Verfilmung des Romans von Thomas Mann
1981
TV Movie documentary
Himself
TV Intim
1971
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2013
Romy
Romy Gala, Austria
Best Cinematography (Beste Kamera)
3096 Tage (2013)
2012
Honorary Award
German Film Awards
For his lifetime achievements as an outstanding cinematographer.
2010
Lifetime Achievement Award
Camerimage
2009
Honorary Bambi
Bambi Awards
"Germans in Hollywood".
2009
Golden Ox
Schwerin Art of Film Festival
2008
Honorary Award
Bavarian Film Awards
2007
International Award
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
2007
Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema
European Film Awards
2006
Berlinale Camera
Berlin International Film Festival
2006
Golden Camera 300 for Lifetime Achievement
Brothers Manaki International Film Festival
2001
Golden Goblet
Shanghai International Film Festival
Best Technology
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
2000
Golden Screen - Special Achievement
Golden Screen, Germany
For his outstanding artistic lifetime achievements in the field of cinematography.
1999
Golden Camera
Golden Camera, Germany
Success in Hollywood
1996
Honorary Award
German Camera Award
1993
CFCA Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Cinematography
Dracula (1992)
1990
BSFC Award
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Cinematography
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
1990
LAFCA Award
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Cinematography
Goodfellas (1990)
1990
NSFC Award
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
Best Cinematography
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
1989
LAFCA Award
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Cinematography
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
1978
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Best Cinematography (Beste Kamera/Bildgestaltung)
Despair (1978)
1973
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Best Cinematography (Beste Kamera/Bildgestaltung)
Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
ACCA
Awards Circuit Community Awards
Best Cinematography
The Departed (2006)
2006
Golden Frog
Camerimage
Main Competition
The Departed (2006)
2006
CFCA Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Cinematography
The Departed (2006)
2006
SLFCA Award
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
Best Cinematography
The Departed (2006)
2003
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Cinematography
Gangs of New York (2002)
2003
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Cinematography
Gangs of New York (2002)
2003
ASC Award
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
