Robby Müller

Known for CameraBorn 1940-04-04Died 2018-07-03Willemstad, Curaçao, Territory of Curaçao

Robby Müller (4 April 1940 - 4 July 2018) was a Dutch cinematographer. Known both for his use of natural light and minimalist imagery, as well as expressionistic use of colors, Müller first gained recognition for his contributions to West German Cinema through his acclaimed collaborations with Wim Wenders. Müller's first work as a cinematographer was also Wim Wenders' first as director, Alabama: 2000 Light Years. They went on making many more films together such as Summer in the City, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, The Scarlet Letter, Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move, Kings of the Road, The American Friend, Wings of Desire, Until the End of the World and Paris, Texas. Throughout the course of his career, he also worked closely with directors Jim Jarmusch (Down by Law, Mystery Train, Dead Man, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai), Lars Von Trier (Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark), Peter Bogdanovich (Saint Jack, They All Laughed), Barbet Schroeder (Barfly, Tricheurs) and Hans W. Geissendörfer (Jonathan, The Glass Cell, Carlos, The Wild Duck, Der Fall Lena Christ, Die Eltern). Müller's other work has been on both mainstream productions and independent films, including the hazy, yellow-tinted cinematography of William Friedkin's To Live and Die in LA, Alex Cox's Repo Man, Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People, Andrzej Wajda's Korczak, Jerry Schatzberg's Honeysuckle Rose, Peter Handke's The Left Handed Woman, Sally Potter's The Tango Lesson, Dom Rotheroe's My Brother Tom and Steve McQueen's Carib’s Leap. Paul Thomas Anderson referred to Müller as "The master of night exteriors. Like a chef with a secret sauce. I can't quite figure it out." Barry Sonnenfeld recalls the first thing he and the Coen Brothers bonded over was Müller's The American Friend cinematography, which convinced the brothers that Sonnenfeld had good enough taste to shoot their first film (Blood Simple). Müller died on 3 July 2018, aged 78, having suffered from vascular dementia for several years.Read more

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Carlos

Eine Rose für Jane

Love and So Forth

To Grab the Ring

Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

Les Îles

The Wild Duck

Die Eltern

Pakbo

Class Enemy

Prologue

Paris, Texas

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

A Hot Summer Night

Dancer in the Dark

Der Fall Lena Christ

Buena Vista Social Club

Breaking the Waves

Alice in the Cities

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Dead Man

Mystery Train

CAN: The Free Concert

Down by Law

Kings of the Road

One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years

24 Hour Party People

Korczak

To Live and Die in L.A.

Coffee and Cigarettes

The Ditvoorst Domains

Living the Light: Robby Müller

The American Friend

Barfly

The Glass Cell

Coffee and Cigarettes II

The Left-Handed Woman

In for Treatment

Until the End of the World

The Little Devil

Repo Man

Wrong Move

Saint Jack

Finnegan Begin Again

The Tango Lesson

Notebook on Cities and Clothes

Un dimanche de flics