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The cinematographer Michael Ballhaus was born in Berlin in 1935. His work for the director Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Germany, and later for Martin Scorsese in the USA, has marked the career of one of the most outstanding cinematographers in modern cinema, who has been nominated for an Oscar on three occasions for Broadcast News (James L. Brooks, 1987), The Fabulous Baker Boys (Steve Kloves, 1989) and Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, 2002).
Michael Ballhaus worked for Rainer Werner Fassbinder on fifteen films, including a lot of the German director’s essential work, such as Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra Von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, 1972), Mutter Küsters’ Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küster’s Trip to Heaven, 1975), Despair (1978), Die Ehe der Maria Braun (The Marriage of Maria Braun, 1979) and Lili Marleen (1981).
In 1983 he made his debut in American cinema with Peter Lilienthal’s Dear Mr. Wonderful. Soon followed his work with director John Sayles in Baby, It’s You (1983) and then with Francis Ford Coppola in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992); with Wolfgang Petersen in Outbreak (1995) and Air Force One (1997); with Mike Nichols in Postcards From the Edge (1990), Primary Colors (1998) and Working Girl (1988); with Robert Redford in Quiz Show (1994) and The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000); and with Barry Levinson in Sleepers (1996).
With his first film for Martin Scorsese, After Hours (1985), Michael Ballhaus won a nomination for the Independent Spirit Awards. He has worked with the New York director on seven films, including The Color of Money (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Goodfellas (1990) and The Departed (2006).
In 1971 Michael Ballhaus directed two documentaries for television: Fassbinder produziert Film Nr. 8 and Die Verabredung mit der Wirklichkeit.
In 2006 Michael Ballhaus received the Berlinale Camera at the Berlin Film Festival for his contribution to cinema, and in 2007 the International Achievement Award granted by the American Society of Cinematographers.
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