Robby Müller

Acting

Robby Müller

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
Apr 04, 1940 (85 years old)
Death date
Jul 03, 2018

Robby Müller

Known For

Wim Wenders, Desperado
2h 0m
Movie 2020

Wim Wenders, Desperado

"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas"...

Living the Light: Robby Müller
1h 26m
Movie 2018

Living the Light: Robby Müller

For her extraordinary film essay, Living the Light, Director and...

One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
1h 36m
Movie 2008

One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years

The early films of Wim Wenders are now regarded as...

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
0h 30m
Movie 2003

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

The magic and creation behind the making of William Friedkin's...

The Ditvoorst Domains
1h 52m
Movie 1992

The Ditvoorst Domains

Documentary about the Dutch film director Adriaan Ditvoorst.

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1h 30m
Movie 1990

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

Though very polite and British, this feature-length documentary about German...

Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
0h 43m
Movie 1990

Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'

Documentary about the making of Wim Wenders' 1984 film, with...

Biography

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.