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Multi-Oscar nominated cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, who worked\u00a0with films for German director Ranier Fassbinder, as well as Hollywood filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Wolfgang Peterson, has passed away.<\/p>\n
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Ballhaus would continue to work with acclaimed directors in Hollywood, on multiple prestige projects, including Scorsese’s The Colour Of Money,<\/em> Mike Nichols’ Working Girl<\/em>, Steve Kloves’ The Fabulous Baker Boys<\/em> (a film for which he was selected for the second\u00a0of his three Oscar nominations), Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula<\/em> (starring Gary Oldman and Keanu Reeves), Wolfgang Peterson’s Outbreak<\/em> and Air Force One<\/em>, Barry Sonnenfeld’s critical bomb Wild Wild West<\/em>, and again with Scorsese on Goodfellas<\/em> and Gangs Of New York<\/em> (another Oscar nomination), and The Departed<\/em>. Ballhaus would also work with Robert Redford on Quiz Show<\/em> and The Legend Of Bagger Vance<\/em>, Nancy Meyers’ Something’s Gotta Give<\/em>, and James L Brooks’ Broadcast News<\/em> (his first Oscar nomination), in 1987.<\/p>\n Michael Ballhaus’ son Florian was cinematographer on Jodie Foster’s Flight Plan<\/em>, and seminal millennial comedy The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>.<\/p>\n Mr Ballhaus passed away on April 11th, aged 81.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Multi-Oscar nominated cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, who worked\u00a0with films for German director Ranier Fassbinder, as well…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48482,"featured_media":46020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituary"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",225,225,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",225,225,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",225,225,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",225,225,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",225,225,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",225,225,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",225,225,false],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",225,225,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",24,24,false],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",48,48,false],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",96,96,false],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",150,150,false],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus.jpg",225,225,false],"sow-carousel-default":["https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ballhaus-225x182.jpg",225,182,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rodney Twelftree","author_link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/author\/rodney\/"},"category_info":"Obituary<\/a>","tag_info":"Obituary","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/254473.1-720x480.jpg\")
Mr Ballhaus began his career as a cinematographer in the early 70’s, primarily in Germany, working on Fassbinder films such as Whity<\/em> and Beware Of The Holy Whore<\/em> (both 1971), as well as a further fourteen films for the director during the decade. In the 80’s, Ballhaus worked his way in Hollywood, DP-ing films such as Baby It’s You<\/em> (1983) and Reckless<\/em> (1984), before teaming up with Martin Scorsese for After Hours<\/em> (1985),\u00a0snagging an Independent Spirit Award for his lensing.<\/p>\n