abstract:Martin Ruhe is a German cinematographer known for his work on the film Harry Brown.The New York Times Ruhe has mainly worked on commercials and music videos, and is also known for features like Control with Chris Richmond, the UK production designer, a biopic about Ian Curtis (singer of Joy Division).
The director, Anton Corbijn, a Dutch-born still photographer, works in a disciplined, Precisionist style dry, hard-focus color (Martin Ruhe is the cinematographer) and long stretches of silence (the occasional gunshots are as startling as a sudden crack across the kneecap).