Florian Ballhaus | |
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Born | 1965 (age 58–59) |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Spouse | Pamela Katz |
Parent(s) | Helga Maria Betten Ballhaus Michael Ballhaus |
Relatives | Sebastian Ballhaus (brother) Lena Hutter (grandmother) Oskar Ballhaus (grandfather) |
Florian Marc Ballhaus (born 1965) is a German cinematographer. He is best known for his work on The Devil Wears Prada , Marry Me and the movies directed by Robert Schwentke, such as Flightplan , The Time Traveler's Wife and The Divergent Series: Insurgent .
He is also son of the late cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.
Ballhaus was born in Baden-Baden, Germany, the son of Helga Mavia Betten and noted German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus. [1] At the age of 16, 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 2005, 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 .
Short film
Year | Title | Director |
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1995 | Sandman | Marco Capalbo |
2000 | The Ride Home | Sam Hoffman |
Year | Title | Director |
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1998 | Trial by Fire | Janek Rieke |
2001 | Investigating Sex | Alan Rudolph |
2002 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | |
2003 | Eierdiebe | Robert Schwentke |
2005 | Flightplan | |
2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | David Frankel |
2008 | Definitely, Maybe | Adam Brooks |
Marley & Me | David Frankel | |
2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Marc Lawrence |
The Time Traveler's Wife | Robert Schwentke | |
2010 | Red | |
2011 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | Mark Waters |
2012 | Hope Springs | David Frankel |
Gambit | Michael Hoffman | |
2013 | One Chance | David Frankel |
The Book Thief | Brian Percival | |
2014 | Lullaby | Andrew Levitas |
2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Robert Schwentke |
2016 | The Divergent Series: Allegiant | |
2017 | The Captain | |
Snatched | Jonathan Levine | |
2018 | I Feel Pretty | Abby Kohn Marc Silverstein |
2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Thea Sharrock |
2022 | Marry Me | Kat Coiro |
2023 | Your Place or Mine | Aline Brosh McKenna |
2025 | Nonnas | Stephen Chbosky |
TBA | The Life List | Adam Brooks |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1995-1996 | Alles außer Mord | Nikolai Müllerschön Reinhard Münster | Episodes "Tödlicher Irrtum" and "Blackout" |
2003-2004 | Sex and the City | David Frankel Alan Taylor Michael Patrick King Wendey Stanzler Julian Farino | 10 episodes |
2009 | Lie to Me | Robert Schwentke | Episode "Pilot" |
2014 | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Adam Brooks | Episode "Rule No. 23: Never Lie to the Kids" |
2020 | The Baker and the Beauty | David Frankel | Episode "Pilot" |
2022 | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Kat Coiro | 6 episodes |
2024 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | 2 episodes |
TV movies
Year | Title | Director |
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1998 | Das vergessene Leben | Claudia Prietzel |
1999 | Traumfrau mit Nebenwirkungen | Thomas Freundner |
Schande | Claudia Prietzel | |
Männer aus zweiter Hand | Oliver Sudden | |
Der Elefant in meinem Bett | Mark Schlichter | |
2000 | Scheidung auf Rädern | Christine Kabisch |
Küss mich, Frosch | Dagmar Hirtz | |
2003 | Entrusted | Giacomo Battiato |
2014 | The Novice | |
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