Michael Ballhaus
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.
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming,...
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Side by Side
as SelfSince the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film....
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The Marriage of Maria Braun
as CounselMaria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in...
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Martha
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a...
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Visions of Light
as SelfCameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of...
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Martin Scorsese Directs
as SelfProviding behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin...
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Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
as SelfShort documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" (1992).
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Satan’s Brew
as uncreditedA famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of...
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Notes on an American Film Director at Work
as SelfFilmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew,...
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Fassbinder in Hollywood
as SelfThough he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the...
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I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
as SelfA documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as SelfA documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith...
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Cinematographer Style
as Self110 of the world's top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do.
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Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
as Self - The Director of PhotographyPlaywright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating...
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The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
as SelfThis absolutely top-notch documentary by Robert Fischer is a fascinating look back at not just...
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today
as SelfA retrospective look at the making of "World on a Wire".
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Who is Helene Schwarz?
as SelfOnly the chosen few know this woman who started working as a secretary for the German Film and...
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Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
as SelfA documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's...
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Abendschau
as selfThe Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.
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Bambi Awards
as SelfThe Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...
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American Masters
as SelfAmerican Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers,...
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