Martin Ruhe

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Martin Ruhe
Born1965 (age 59–60)
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Education University of Seville
Occupation Cinematographer
Website ruhe.net

Martin Ruhe (born 1965) is a German cinematographer working on films, commercials, and music videos. A member of the American Society of Cinematographers, he is perhaps best known for his work on the miniseries Catch-22 (2019), as well as the films Control (2007) and The Midnight Sky (2020), for which he was nominated for a British Independent Film Award and a Satellite Award, respectively.

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Life

Martin Ruhe became interested in cinema as a teenager and wanted to become a director. [1] After graduating from school, he completed a two-year training course as a focus puller. [1]

Afterwards he moved to London, where he worked as a runner for a camera rental company. [1] He then became a cinematographer and filmed more than 200 music videos for artists such as Herbert Grönemeyer, Depeche Mode and Coldplay as well as 350 advertising spots. [2] For Thorsten Wettcke Ruhe filmed the short film Die Rosenfalle (1998) and the feature film A Goddamn Job (2001). On the recommendation of Herbert Grönemeyer Ruhe met Anton Corbijn, wo engaged him for his Ian Curtis biopic Control . [3] He gained further prominence for his work on the film Harry Brown . [4] Since then Ruhe was engaged for various international productions. In 2010 he worked again with Anton Corbijn on The American , a thriller starring George Clooney. In 2016 he filmed Ewan McGregor's directorial debut American Pastoral . [5] For George Clooney Ruhe filmed the science fiction film The Midnight Sky .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1998Bonnie vs ClydeChristian Weikert
2001Ein Gottlicher JobThorsten Wettcke
2007 Control Anton Corbijn
2009 The Countess Julie Delpy
Harry Brown Daniel Barber
2010 The American Anton Corbijn
2014 The Keeping Room Daniel Barber
2015 Run All Night Jaume Collet-Serra
2016 American Pastoral Ewan McGregor
2020 The Midnight Sky George Clooney
2021 The Tender Bar
2023 The Boys in the Boat
2025 The Amateur † James Hawes Post-production

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2002-2003 Balko Uli Moller2 episodes
2011 Page Eight David Hare TV movie
2017-2018 Counterpart Morten Tyldum
Jennifer Getzinger
Stephen Williams
Alik Sakharov 		5 episodes
2019 Catch-22 George Clooney
Grant Heslov
Ellen Kuras 		Miniseries

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
2007 Camerimage Golden Frog Control Nominated
2012 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Page Eight Won
2020 Catch-22 Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Cinematography The Midnight Sky Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 3 April-Rae Hughes: Martin Ruhe Cinematographer of Anton Corbijn’s Control and more . In: liftoff.network, 25 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Martin Ruhe . In: cinematographers.nl, access date 31 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Martin Ruhe – The American . In: britishcinematographer.co.uk, access date 31 December 2020.
  4. ↑ The New York Times
  5. ↑ Martin Ruhe – American Pastoral . In: britishcinematographer.co.uk, access date 31 December 2020.
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