Michael Ballhaus Inspired Him For Making Movies Says Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese says his longtime friend Michael Ballhaus who passed away recently had inspired him for making movies.
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Celebrated
American
producer,
director
and
screenwriter
Martin
Scorsese
paid
tribute
to
his
longtime
friend
Michael
Ballhaus,
who
passed
away
on
Tuesday(April
11)
evening
at
the
age
of
81,
by
saying
that
it
was
his
friend
Michael
who
inspired
him
to
make
films.
Martin
Scorsese
said
that
he
and
his
late
cinematographer
friend
Michael
Ballhaus
had
worked
on
six
films
together,
including
the
most
appreciated
and
Oscar-winning
film,
The
Departed.
"It
was
Michael
who
really
gave
me
back
my
sense
of
excitement
in
making
movies.
For
him,
nothing
was
impossible,
if
I
asked
him
for
something
difficult,
he
would
approach
it
with
enthusiasm." Martin
Scorsese
said
in
a
statement.
"For
over
20
years,
Michael
Ballhaus
and
I
had
a
real
creative
partnership
and
a
very
close
and
enduring
friendship.
By
the
time
we
met,
he
had
already
made
film
history
with
Rainer
Werner
Fassbinder,
and
I
revered
him." Said
Scorsese.
"He
was
a
lovely
human
being,
and
he
always
had
a
warm
smile
for
even
the
toughest
situations-anyone
who
knew
him
will
remember
his
smile."
Added
the
director.
"We
started
working
together
in
the
80s,
during
a
low
ebb
in
my
career.
And
it
was
Michael
who
really
gave
me
back
my
sense
of
excitement
in
making
movies.
For
him,
nothing
was
impossible." Scorsese
stated
further.