Martin Ruhe | |
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Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Education | University of Seville |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Website | ruhe |
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.
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 .
Film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1998 | Bonnie vs Clyde | Christian Weikert | |
2001 | Ein Gottlicher Job | Thorsten 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 | Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Cinematography |
2021 | The Tender Bar | ||
2023 | The Boys in the Boat | ||
2025 | The Amateur † | James Hawes | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2002-2003 | Balko | Uli Moller | 2 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 |
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