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

DAS!
2014
NDR Talk Show
2008
Abendschau
2010
Kölner Treff
2014
Alpha Forum
2010
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1996
Bambi
2009
American Masters
1986
German Film Award
1973
GoodFellas
1990
The Departed
2006
Goldene Kamera
1999

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
43
Directing
3
Writing
1
Producing
2
Camera
99
Editing
1
Crew
1
2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2014
Kölner Treff
as Self
2014
DAS!
as Self
2012
Side by Side
as Self
2012
Nachtstudio
as Self
2011
The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
as Self
2010
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
as Self
2010
Alpha Forum
as Self
2010
Wortwechsel
as Self
2010
Abendschau
as self
2009
Bambi
as Self
2008
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
as Self
2008
Mister Karl
as Self
2008
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
as Self
2008
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
as Self
2008
Bavarian Film Awards
as Self
2008
NDR Talk Show
as Self
2007
Nachtlinie
as Self
2006
Cinematographer Style
as Self
2005
Who is Helene Schwarz?
as Self
2004
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
as Self
2002
Fassbinder in Hollywood
as Self
2002
Starbuck Holger Meins
as Self
2000
Fassbinder's Women
as Self
1999
Goldene Kamera
as Self
1997
Boogie Nights
as Cameraman (uncredited)
1997
Willemsens Woche
as Self
1996
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
as Self
1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self
1992
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
as Self
1992
Visions of Light
as Self
1992
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
as Self
1990
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
1987
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk
as Self
1986
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
as Self - The Director of Photography
1986
American Masters
as Self
1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
as Counsel
1978
Little Godard
1978
Spiel der Verlierer
as Dr. Müller
1976
Satan’s Brew
1974
Martha
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
1973
German Film Award
as Self
1971
TV Intim
as Self