Michael Ballhaus

Cinematographer. Born 5 August 1935 in Berlin, Germany. Died 11 April 2017.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Berlin prize1 won

Born

5 August 1935, Berlin, Germany

Died

11 April 2017

Active

1955–2006

Frequently works with

Martin Scorsese, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Barbara De Fina, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, Gail Katz, Gary Oldman, Hanna Schygulla

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

75Fi1m

70Critics

We rate Michael’s work 5 points above the press, across 16 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above9

60 to 796

Under 602

Of 17 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 17 films
Screen time: 37 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $2.2bn across 15 films with figures
Berlin International Film Festival: 1 Berlin prize1 won
Active: 1955–2006

Genres

Drama13
Romance6
Comedy5
Thriller5
Crime4
Action3

Best and worst on Fi1m

93BestGoodFellas1990

34WorstWild Wild West1999

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11950s

81960s

401970s

291980s

171990s

92000s

22010s

Michael Ballhaus