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
Born	1965 (age 59–60) Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Education	University of Seville
Occupation	Cinematographer
Website	ruhe.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, who 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
2021	The Tender Bar
2023	The Boys in the Boat
2025	The Amateur	James Hawes

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
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