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Michael Ballhaus

Career: Active from 1961 to 2013, busiest in 1977 with 7 main titles.

Average score: 70/100

Highest rated: GoodFellas
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael Ballhaus Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
3.2, average 4.1
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Contemporary Realism
4.6, average 5.4
Adrenaline
4.1, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Character Study 9
German Cinema 6
Complex Relationships 5
Psychological Drama 5
Political Intrigue 4
Melancholy 4
Sharp Dialogue 4
Social Commentary 4
Psychological Depth 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Dark Humor 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

102

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 62

3096 Days

62

Director of Photography

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today

Thanks

2000s

9 titles · average score 62

In Berlin

Writer, Director

Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin

Director

The Departed

87

Director of Photography

Something's Gotta Give

68

Director of Photography

Uptown Girls

45

Director of Photography

Gangs of New York

73

Director of Photography

The Legend of Bagger Vance

56

Director of Photography

What Planet Are You From?

45

Director of Photography

Gone Underground

Director of Photography

1990s

17 titles · average score 70

Wild Wild West

37

Director of Photography

Primary Colors

71

Director of Photography

Air Force One

68

Director of Photography

Sleepers

69

Director of Photography

Outbreak

62

Director of Photography

Quiz Show

86

Director of Photography

The Age of Innocence

81

Director of Photography

Bram Stoker's Dracula

68

Director of Photography

What About Bob?

68

Director of Photography

Guilty by Suspicion

64

Director of Photography

GoodFellas

89

Director of Photography

Postcards from the Edge

73

Director of Photography

1980s

28 titles · average score 68

The Fabulous Baker Boys

80

Director of Photography

The Last Temptation of Christ

79

Director of Photography

Working Girl

73

Director of Photography

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

77

Director of Photography

The House on Carroll Street

64

Director of Photography

Broadcast News

83

Director of Photography

The Color of Money

77

Director of Photography

Under the Cherry Moon

40

Director of Photography

After Hours

84

Director of Photography

Death of a Salesman

86

Director of Photography

Baby It's You

80

Director of Photography

Sheer Madness

75

Director of Photography

1970s

37 titles · average score 74

The Marriage of Maria Braun

86

as Counsel

Germany in Autumn

83

Director of Photography

Despair

66

Director of Photography

Chinese Roulette

76

Director of Photography

Satan’s Brew

72

Director of Photography

I Only Want You to Love Me

89

Director of Photography

Summer Guests

Director of Photography

Fox and His Friends

81

Director of Photography

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

75

Director of Photography

Martha

81

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

77

Director of Photography

Beware of a Holy Whore

73

Director of Photography

1960s

8 titles

Several Times Daily

Director of Photography

Your Caresses

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Gold für Montevasall

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Das Martyrium des Peter OHey

Director of Photography

Dreamland of Desire

Director of Photography

Die Kassette

Director of Photography

1950s

1 title · average score 73

Lola Montès

73

Still Photographer