Michael Ballhaus
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Birthday:1935-08-05
Place of Birth:Berlin, Germany
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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to...
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008)
This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...
Boogie Nights (1997)
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his...
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me (1992)
A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Side by Side (2012)
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital...
Visions of Light (1992)
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...
Satan’s Brew (1976)
A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his...
Fassbinder in Hollywood (2002)
Though he never actually worked in Hollywood, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who died in 1982 at the age of 36, was influenced greatly by Amercian studio...
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ (1986)
Playwright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating the Roxbury Productions and Punch Productions...
Little Godard (1978)
The production of a film requires recording equipment and financial resources if nothing else. Hellmuth Costard places these basic prerequisites at...
Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005)
Only the chosen few know this woman who started working as a secretary for the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB) on 13 February, 1966. The...
Mister Karl (2008)
A documentary about the life of Karlheinz Böhm from his film career to his charity activities in Ethiopia.
Martha (1974)
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous...
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. (1992)
Short documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" (1992).
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (2004)
A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined...
Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk (1987)
Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today (2010)
A retrospective look at the making of "World on a Wire".
Starbuck Holger Meins (2002)
Twenty-five years after the death of Holger Meins, filmmaker and former student friend of the deceased, Gerd Conradt takes an in-depth look at the...
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben (2008)
Vera Tschechowa, actress and filmmaker and a close friend of Michael Ballhaus. One of Germany's stars of cinematography, embarks on the journey...
The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited (2011)
This absolutely top-notch documentary by Robert Fischer is a fascinating look back at not just the film in question, but Fassbinder's meteoric career...
Martin Scorsese Directs (1990)
Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Scorsese Directs depicts to riveting effect the way...
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' (1993)
A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of...
Notes on an American Film Director at Work (2008)
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, through various locations during the shooting of his...
Cinematographer Style (2006)
110 of the world's top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: Looking Ahead to Today (2010)
Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin (2009)
Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam (1977)
Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs (1978)
American Masters (1986)
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists,...
Bambi Awards (1948)
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in...
Abendschau (1970)
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
Abendschau (1970)
A six-part film series addressing the problems of rural Austria from 1900 to 1945. Contrary to the traditional "Heimatfilm", the Alpensaga detaches...
Abendschau (1970)
Hans Castorp, fresh from university and about to become a civil engineer, comes to the Sanatorium Berghof in the Swiss Alps to visit his cousin...