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 t...
123
Total Movies
5
Languages
6.8
Avg Rating (TMDB)
N/A
Highest Grossing
Essential Watchlist
Little Godard
1978
DE
Auf dem Chimborazo
1977
DE
From the Family of Reptiles
1974
DE
The Island
1974
DE
Adele Spitzeder
1972
DE
Dreamland of Desire
1961
DE
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
🇺🇸 English
Der Auslöser
1982
DE
The First Polka
1979
DE
Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs
1978
DE
Portrait of Valeska Gert
1977
DE
We Two
1970
DE
Complete Filmography
| Year ↓ | Movie | IMDb | Box Office | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life | ⭐ 5.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2013 | 3096 Days | ⭐ 7.375 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | Side by Side | ⭐ 7.242 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2011 | The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today | ⭐ 6.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2009 | Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2009 | In Berlin | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte | ⭐ 6.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | Mister Karl | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | Notes on an American Film Director at Work | ⭐ 5.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2006 | The Departed | ⭐ 8.16 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2006 | Cinematographer Style | ⭐ 6.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2005 | Who is Helene Schwarz? | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give | ⭐ 6.636 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | Uptown Girls | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | ⭐ 7.316 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Fassbinder in Hollywood | ⭐ 6.111 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Starbuck Holger Meins | ⭐ 5.25 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | Fassbinder's Women | ⭐ 5.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | Gone Underground | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | ⭐ 5.446 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | ⭐ 5.321 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Floor | ⭐ 7.064 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | ⭐ 6.276 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | Boogie Nights | ⭐ 7.632 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | Air Force One | ⭐ 6.47 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1996 | Sleepers | ⭐ 7.602 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1995 | Outbreak | ⭐ 6.568 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | ⭐ 7.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | ⭐ 5.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies | ⭐ 6.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | ⭐ 7.45 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | Visions of Light | ⭐ 7.05 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me | ⭐ 6.455 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | The Mambo Kings | ⭐ 6.354 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1991 | What About Bob? | ⭐ 6.887 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1991 | Guilty by Suspicion | ⭐ 6.474 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | Madonna: The Immaculate Collection | ⭐ 8.688 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | GoodFellas | ⭐ 8.453 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | Martin Scorsese Directs | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1989 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | ⭐ 6.606 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | Working Girl | ⭐ 6.604 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | ⭐ 7.097 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | ⭐ 7.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | The House on Carroll Street | ⭐ 5.866 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | Baja Oklahoma | ⭐ 6.55 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1987 | Broadcast News | ⭐ 6.77 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1987 | The Glass Menagerie | ⭐ 6.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1987 | Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1986 | The Color of Money | ⭐ 6.854 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1986 | Under the Cherry Moon | ⭐ 5.444 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1986 | Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | After Hours | ⭐ 7.496 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman | ⭐ 6.905 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | Heartbreakers | ⭐ 5.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | Old Enough | ⭐ 6.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | The Autograph | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | Reckless | ⭐ 5.708 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | Edith's Diary | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | Baby It's You | ⭐ 5.9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | Sheer Madness | ⭐ 7.05 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1982 | Dear Mr. Wonderful | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1982 | Der Auslöser | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1982 | The Magic Mountain | ⭐ 6.231 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Today We're Playing Boss | ⭐ 4.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Malou | ⭐ 5.875 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Lili Marleen | ⭐ 6.449 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Looping | ⭐ 4.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1980 | The Uprising | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1980 | Big and Little | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | Trilogie des Wiedersehens | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | ⭐ 7.363 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | The First Polka | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | Bourbon Street Blues | ⭐ 6.125 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1978 | Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1978 | Spiel der Verlierer | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1978 | Der Gehilfe | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1978 | Despair | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1978 | Little Godard | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1978 | Germany in Autumn | ⭐ 6.31 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | The Stationmaster’s Wife | ⭐ 5.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | Women in New York | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | Auf dem Chimborazo | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | Adolf and Marlene | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | Portrait of Valeska Gert | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | Chinese Roulette | ⭐ 7.1 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1976 | Satan’s Brew | ⭐ 6.309 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1976 | Dorothea Merz | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1976 | I Only Want You to Love Me | ⭐ 7.276 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1976 | Summer Guests | ⭐ 7.25 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | Cold Blood | ⭐ 5.389 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven | ⭐ 7.671 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | Fox and His Friends | ⭐ 7.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1974 | From the Family of Reptiles | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1974 | The Island | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1974 | Made in Germany and USA | ⭐ 5.25 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1974 | Martha | ⭐ 6.985 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1973 | The Sinful Bed | ⭐ 4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1973 | Chetan, Indian Boy | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1972 | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | ⭐ 7.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1972 | Adele Spitzeder | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1972 | Der Held | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1971 | Beware of a Holy Whore | ⭐ 6.205 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1971 | Whity | ⭐ 5.348 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1971 | Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1971 | Sand | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1970 | We Two | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | Der Kidnapper | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | Your Caresses | ⭐ 4.75 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | Several Times Daily | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1968 | Gold für Montevasall | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1966 | Abschied | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1964 | Das Martyrium des Peter OHey | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1961 | Dreamland of Desire | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1961 | Die Kassette | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1955 | Lola Montès | ⭐ 6.868 | - | Theaters/TBA |
Michael Ballhaus Career & Box Office Summary
Michael Ballhaus is one of the most prominent figures in Indian cinema, having acted in over 123 movies across 5 languages. With a stellar average TMDB rating of 6.8/10, Michael Ballhaus has consistently delivered critically acclaimed performances and massive box office blockbusters.
Fans eagerly anticipating new releases can look forward to 0 upcoming movies scheduled for 2026 and beyond. Additionally, 0 of their films are currently available to stream on major OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ Hotstar. Bookmark this profile page for real-time updates on Michael Ballhaus's latest theatrical releases, OTT digital streaming dates, and box office collection reports.
Career Highlights
Awards & All-Time Records
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Biographical details are curated from authoritative sources including Wikipedia, TMDB, and official actor press releases. Filmography list aggregates global releases with Indian box office estimates and official OTT calendars.