Lifetime achievement award for German cinematographer Micheal Ballhaus
- 8 years ago
German cinematographer Micheal Ballhaus has received a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale.
Our man in Berlin, Wolfgang Spindler, asked Micheal Ballhaus how a cameraman can achieve a similar level of success.
“It’s not so easy, first of all you have to love this profession because it’s a hard job,” replied Ballhaus. “You must be flexible because you have to deal with very different film director personalities and you need to have ideas. When the film director has no ideas you have to come up with proposals and you be determined to manifest your ideas.”
The 80-year-old, who is now almost blind because of glaucoma, has made more than 150 movies.
Standing ovation for #MichaelBallhaus. #Berlinale #BerlinaleMoments pic.twitter.com/Z5qtXN0vX6— Berlinale (@berlinale) February 18, 2016
With Martin Scorsese he worked on films like “Goodfellas” (1990), “Departed” (2006) and “Gangs of New York” (2002). Ballhaus also recalled being
Our man in Berlin, Wolfgang Spindler, asked Micheal Ballhaus how a cameraman can achieve a similar level of success.
“It’s not so easy, first of all you have to love this profession because it’s a hard job,” replied Ballhaus. “You must be flexible because you have to deal with very different film director personalities and you need to have ideas. When the film director has no ideas you have to come up with proposals and you be determined to manifest your ideas.”
The 80-year-old, who is now almost blind because of glaucoma, has made more than 150 movies.
Standing ovation for #MichaelBallhaus. #Berlinale #BerlinaleMoments pic.twitter.com/Z5qtXN0vX6— Berlinale (@berlinale) February 18, 2016
With Martin Scorsese he worked on films like “Goodfellas” (1990), “Departed” (2006) and “Gangs of New York” (2002). Ballhaus also recalled being