Martin 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
Born1965 (age 57–58)
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
EducationUniversity of Seville
OccupationCinematographer
Websiteruhe.net

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

Year Title Director Notes
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 † Post-production
2024 The Amateur † James Hawes Filming

Television

Year Title Director Notes
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

References
  1. 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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