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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1987. See more trivia »

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???? Sinatra (announced)
 
2013 3096 Days
 
2009 Purple Sunrise (short)
 
2006 The Departed (director of photography)
 
2005 Sonntagsluft (director of photography)
 
2003 Something's Gotta Give (director of photography)
 
2003 Uptown Girls (director of photography)
 
2002 Gangs of New York (director of photography)
 
2001 Gone Underground (short)
 
2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance (director of photography)
 
2000 What Planet Are You From?
 
1999 Wild Wild West
 
1998 Primary Colors (director of photography)
 
1997 Air Force One
 
1996 Sleepers
 
1996 Kreuz & quer
 
1995 Outbreak
 
1994 Quiz Show
 
1994 I'll Do Anything
 
1993 The Age of Innocence (director of photography)
 
1992 Dracula (director of photography)
 
1992 The Mambo Kings
 
1991 What About Bob?
 
1991 Guilty by Suspicion
 
1990 Postcards from the Edge (director of photography)
 
1990 Goodfellas (director of photography)
 
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys (director of photography)
 
1988 Working Girl (director of photography)
 
1988 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (director of photography)
 
1988 The Last Temptation of Christ (director of photography)
 
1988 The House on Carroll Street (director of photography)
 
1988 Baja Oklahoma (TV movie)
 
1987 Broadcast News (director of photography)
 
1987 The Glass Menagerie
 
1986 The Color of Money (director of photography)
 
1986 Under the Cherry Moon
 
1986 Landscape with Waitress (TV movie)
 
1985 After Hours
 
1985 Death of a Salesman (TV movie)
 
1984 Heartbreakers (director of photography)
 
1984 Old Enough
 
1984 Das Autogramm
 
1984 Reckless
 
1983 Ediths Tagebuch
 
1983 Baby It's You
 
1983 Sheer Madness
 
1982 Dear Mr. Wonderful
 
1982 Der Auslöser (TV movie)
 
1982 Der Zauberberg
 
1981 Looping - Der lange Traum vom kurzen Glück
 
1981 Heute spielen wir den Boß
 
1981 Oye Raimundo, adónde vas? (documentary)
 
1981 Malou
 
1981 Lili Marleen (uncredited)
 
1980 Big and Little
 
1980 Also es war so... (TV movie)
 
1980 La insurrección
 
1979 Trilogie des Wiedersehens (TV movie)
 
1979 The First Polka
 
1979 Bourbon Street Blues (short)
 
1979 The Marriage of Maria Braun
 
1979 Alpensaga (TV series)
– Der deutsche Frühling (1979)
 
1978 Venedig - Die Insel der Glückseligen am Rande des Untergangs (documentary)
 
1978 Der Gehilfe (TV movie)
 
1978 Despair (director of photography)
 
1978 Germany in Autumn
 
1977 The Stationmaster's Wife (TV movie)
 
1977 Ein Haus für uns - Jugenderholungsheim (TV series)
– Aus der Familie der Panzerechsen (1977)
– Die Insel (1977)
 
1977 Women in New York (TV movie)
 
1977 Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel (documentary)
 
1977 Curd Jürgens (TV documentary)
 
1977 Auf dem Chimborazo (TV movie)
 
1977 Adolf and Marlene
 
1976 Chinese Roulette
 
1976 Satan's Brew
 
1976 Sonntag (TV movie)
 
1976 Dorothea Merz (TV movie)
 
1976 I Only Want You to Love Me (TV movie)
 
1976 Chetan, Indian Boy
 
1976 Summer Guests
 
1975 Das Amulett des Todes
 
1975 Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
 
1975 Fox and His Friends
 
1974 Rosenmontag (TV movie)
 
1974 Made in Germany und USA
 
1974/I Martha (TV movie)
 
1974 Unter einem Dach (TV series)
 
1973 Tatort (TV series)
– Tote brauchen keine Wohnung (1973)
 
1973 The Sinful Bed (as Michael Alexander)
 
1973 World on a Wire (TV movie)
 
1973 Ich bin ein Bürger der DDR (TV documentary)
 
1972 Adele Spitzeder (TV movie)
 
1972 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
 
1972 Der Held (TV movie)
 
1972 Der Marquis von Keith (TV movie)
 
1972 Tödlicher Poker (director of photography)
 
1971 Sand (TV movie)
 
1971 Beware of a Holy Whore
 
1971 Whity
 
1971 Die Verabredung mit der Wirklichkeit (TV documentary)
 
1970 We Two
 
1969 Der Kidnapper (TV movie)
 
1969 Deine Zärtlichkeiten
 
1969 Several Times Daily
 
1968 Gold für Montevasall (TV movie)
 
1968 Ganze Tage in den Bäumen (TV movie)
 
1966 Ein Haus aus lauter Liebe (TV short)
 
1966 Abschied (TV movie)
 
1966 Große Liebe (TV movie)
 
1965 Der große Wildenberg - Ein Feuilleton (TV movie)
 
1964 Das Martyrium des Peter O'Hey (TV movie)
 
1961 Traumland der Sehnsucht (documentary)
 
1960 Die Nachbarskinder (TV short)
 
Show ShowDirector (4 titles)
2009 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: Heute Nacht oder nie (TV movie) (artistic direction)
 
2009 In Berlin (documentary)
 
1971 Fassbinder produziert: Film Nr. 8 (TV documentary)
 
1971 Die Verabredung mit der Wirklichkeit (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2011 Remembrance (associate producer)
 
2004/III Last Night (short) (consulting producer)
 
1999 The Thirteenth Floor (executive producer)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1998 Soundman
Big Shot Cinematographer (voice)
 
1979 The Marriage of Maria Braun
Counsel
 
1978 Spiel der Verlierer
Dr. Müller
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (2 titles)
1971 Der trojanische Sessel (TV movie) (assistant camera)
 
1961 Die Kassette (TV movie) (camera operator)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2009 In Berlin (documentary) (script)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
2009 In Berlin (documentary)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2004/II Stranded (short) (visual consultant)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1976 I Only Want You to Love Me (TV movie) (artistic director: restored version)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2010 Fassbinders Welt am Draht - Blick voraus ins Heute (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
2010 Ayla (thanks)
 
2004 Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Filming for Your Life: Making 'After Hours' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary) (special thanks: AFI)
 
1990 The Man Inside (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (30 titles)
2012 Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2012 (TV movie)
Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (also archive footage)
 
2012 Side by Side (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Cinema and its Double - Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Von der Liebe und den Zwängen: Mutmaßungen über Fassbinders 'Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt' (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2010 (TV movie)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography
 
2010 Fassbinders Welt am Draht - Blick voraus ins Heute (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 In Berlin (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 NDR Talk Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.590 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Ceremonia de clausura - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Nachtlinie (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.10 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The 2007 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Cinematographer Style (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Wer ist Helene Schwarz? (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (video documentary short)
Himself - Director of Photography
 
2002 Fassbinder in Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Starbuck Holger Meins (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Michael Ballhaus - Begegnung mit dem Auge Hollywoods (documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Fassbinder's Women (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Willemsens Woche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 October 1997 (1997) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 February 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1993 Ich will nicht nur, daß ihr mich liebt - Der Filmemacher Rainer Werner Fassbinder (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Visions of Light (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1991 Das fliegende Auge (documentary)
Himself
 
1985-1990 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - The Director of Photography
– Martin Scorsese Directs (1990) … Himself
– Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman' (1985) … Himself - The Director of Photography
 
1989 Wunderbare Visionen auf dem Weg zur Hölle - Das Kino und die Kämpfe des Martin Scorsese (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 100 Tage auf dem 'Zauberberg' - Bericht über die Verfilmung des Romans von Thomas Mann (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1999 Ausverkauft! (short)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Michael Alexander
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Trivia:

Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1987. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo