Florian Ballhaus (born 1965, Baden-Baden, Germany) is a cinematographer who has worked on several recent major Hollywood releases. He is the son of noted German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.
At the age of 17 he moved to the U.S. with his family when his father began working on American films such as After Hours. He began working as a second cinematographer's assistant and then later as a camera assistant and operator. He returned to Germany i...
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Florian Ballhaus (born 1965, Baden-Baden, Germany) is a cinematographer who has worked on several recent major Hollywood releases. He is the son of noted German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.
At the age of 17 he moved to the U.S. with his family when his father began working on American films such as After Hours. He began working as a second cinematographer's assistant and then later as a camera assistant and operator. He returned to Germany in his adulthood to make his own name in his father's profession, debuting in episodes of the television show, Alles außer Mord, then in 1996 with Sandman. He returned to the U.S. seven years later to shoot episodes of Sex and the City.
In 2004 he earned praise for his work in the thriller Flightplan. Later he reunited with David Frankel, one of the Sex and the City directors, for The Devil Wears Prada.
Florian Ballhaus at the Internet Movie Database
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