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

• 20133096 Days — Director of Photography
• 2010Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today — Self, Thanks
• 2009In Berlin — Director, Writer, Editor
• 2009Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin — Director
• 2006The Departed — Director of Photography
• 2003Something's Gotta Give — Director of Photography
• 2003Uptown Girls — Director of Photography
• 2002Gangs of New York — Director of Photography
• 2000Gone Underground — Director of Photography
• 2000The Legend of Bagger Vance — Director of Photography
• 2000What Planet Are You From? — Director of Photography
• 1999The Thirteenth Floor — Executive Producer
• 1999Wild Wild West — Director of Photography
• 1998Primary Colors — Director of Photography
• 1997Air Force One — Director of Photography
• 1997Boogie Nights — Cameraman (uncredited)
• 1996Sleepers — Director of Photography
• 1995Outbreak — Director of Photography
• 1994I'll Do Anything — Director of Photography
• 1994Quiz Show — Director of Photography
• 1993The Age of Innocence — Director of Photography
• 1992Bram Stoker's Dracula — Director of Photography
• 1992The Mambo Kings — Director of Photography
• 1991Guilty by Suspicion — Director of Photography
• 1991What About Bob? — Director of Photography
• 1990GoodFellas — Director of Photography
• 1990Madonna: The Immaculate Collection — Director of Photography
• 1990Postcards from the Edge — Director of Photography
• 1989The Fabulous Baker Boys — Director of Photography
• 1988Baja Oklahoma — Director of Photography
• 1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels — Director of Photography
• 1988The House on Carroll Street — Director of Photography
• 1988The Last Temptation of Christ — Director of Photography
• 1988Working Girl — Director of Photography
• 1987Broadcast News — Director of Photography
• 1987The Glass Menagerie — Director of Photography
• 1986The Color of Money — Director of Photography
• 1986Under the Cherry Moon — Director of Photography
• 1985After Hours — Director of Photography
• 1985Death of a Salesman — Director of Photography
• 1984Heartbreakers — Director of Photography
• 1984Old Enough — Director of Photography
• 1984Reckless — Director of Photography
• 1984The Autograph — Director of Photography
• The Magic Mountain — Director of Photography
• 1983Baby It's You — Director of Photography
• 1983Edith's Diary — Director of Photography
• 1983Sheer Madness — Director of Photography
• 1982Dear Mr. Wonderful — Director of Photography
• 1982Der Auslöser — Director of Photography
• 1982The Magic Mountain — Director of Photography
• 1981Lili Marleen — Additional Photography
• 1981Looping — Director of Photography
• 1981Malou — Director of Photography
• 1981Today We're Playing Boss — Director of Photography
• 1980Big and Little — Director of Photography
• 1980The Uprising — Director of Photography
• 1979Bourbon Street Blues — Director of Photography
• 1979The First Polka — Director of Photography
• 1979The Marriage of Maria Braun — Counsel, Director of Photography
• 1979Trilogie des Wiedersehens — Director of Photography
• 1978Der Gehilfe — Director of Photography
• 1978Despair — Director of Photography
• 1978Germany in Autumn — Director of Photography
• 1978Little Godard
• 1978Spiel der Verlierer — Dr. Müller
• 1978Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs — Director of Photography
• 1977Adolf and Marlene — Director of Photography
• 1977Auf dem Chimborazo — Director of Photography
• 1977Chinese Roulette — Director of Photography
• 1977Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam — Director of Photography
• 1977Portrait of Valeska Gert — Director of Photography
• 1977The Stationmaster’s Wife — Director of Photography
• 1977Women in New York — Director of Photography
• Die Alpensaga — Director of Photography
• 1976Dorothea Merz — Director of Photography
• 1976I Only Want You to Love Me — Director of Photography
• 1976Satan’s Brew — Director of Photography
• 1976Summer Guests — Director of Photography
• 1975Cold Blood — Director of Photography
• 1975Fox and His Friends — Director of Photography
• 1975Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven — Director of Photography
• 1974From the Family of Reptiles — Director of Photography
• 1974Made in Germany and USA — Director of Photography
• 1974Martha — Restaurant Patron (uncredited), Director of Photography
• 1974The Island — Director of Photography
• 1973Chetan, Indian Boy — Director of Photography
• 1973The Sinful Bed — Director of Photography
• World on a Wire — Director of Photography
• 1972Adele Spitzeder — Director of Photography
• 1972Der Held — Director of Photography
• 1972The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant — Director of Photography
• 1971Beware of a Holy Whore — Director of Photography
• 1971Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 — Director, Producer, Director of Photography
• 1971Sand — Director of Photography
• 1971Whity — Director of Photography
• 1970We Two — Director of Photography
• 1969Der Kidnapper — Director of Photography
• 1969Several Times Daily — Director of Photography
• 1969Your Caresses — Director of Photography
• 1968Gold für Montevasall — Director of Photography
• 1966Abschied — Director of Photography
• 1964Das Martyrium des Peter OHey — Director of Photography
• 1961Die Kassette — Director of Photography
• 1961Dreamland of Desire — Director of Photography
• 1955Lola Montès — Still Photographer

Appearances as themselves (36)

• 2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life — Self
• 2012Side by Side — Self
• 2011The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited — Self
• 2008Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte — Self
• 2008Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben — Self
• 2008Mister Karl — Self
• 2008Notes on an American Film Director at Work — Self
• Nachtlinie — Self
• 2006Cinematographer Style — Self
• 2005Who is Helene Schwarz? — Self
• 2004Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' — Self
• 2002Fassbinder in Hollywood — Self
• 2002Starbuck Holger Meins — Self
• Abendschau — self
• 2000Fassbinder's Women — Self
• Alpha Forum — Self
• Nachtstudio — Self
• Willemsens Woche — Self
• alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio — Self
• 1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' — Self
• 1992Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies — Self
• 1992I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me — Self
• 1992Visions of Light — Self
• DAS! — Self
• 1990Martin Scorsese Directs — Self
• 1987Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk — Self
• American Masters — Self
• 1986Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ — Self - The Director of Photography
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Wortwechsel — Self
• Bavarian Film Awards — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• Kölner Treff — Self
• TV Intim — Self
• German Film Award — Self
• Bambi — Self