Florian Ballhaus

Florian Ballhaus
Florian Ballhaus
Born	1965 (age 58–59); Baden-Baden, West Germany
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.

Life and career

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.

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director
1995	Sandman	Marco Capalbo
2000	The Ride Home	Sam Hoffman

Feature film

Year	Title	Director
1998	Trial by Fire [de]	Janek Rieke [de]
2001	Investigating Sex	Alan Rudolph
2002	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Alan Rudolph
2003	Eierdiebe	Robert Schwentke
2005	Flightplan	Robert Schwentke
2006	The Devil Wears Prada	David Frankel
2008	Definitely, Maybe	Adam Brooks
2008	Marley & Me	David Frankel
2009	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Marc Lawrence
2009	The Time Traveler's Wife	Robert Schwentke
2010	Red	Robert Schwentke
2011	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Mark Waters
2012	Hope Springs	David Frankel
2012	Gambit	Michael Hoffman
2013	One Chance	David Frankel
2013	The Book Thief	Brian Percival
2014	Lullaby	Andrew Levitas
2015	The Divergent Series: Insurgent	Robert Schwentke
2016	The Divergent Series: Allegiant
2017	The Captain
2017	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

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
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	Kat Coiro	2 episodes

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
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
2000	Küss mich, Frosch	Dagmar Hirtz
2003	Entrusted	Giacomo Battiato
2014	The Novice