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{{Short description|American cinematographer (1941–2001)}}
'''Ralf Detlef Bode''' (March 31, 1941 - February 27, 2001) was a German-born American cinematographer best known for his [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Academy Award]] nominated work on ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]''.
{{Infobox person
| name = Ralf D. Bode
| birth_name = Ralf Detlef Bode
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|3|31}}
| birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|2|27|1941|3|31}}
| death_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| years_active = 1972–2001
}}
'''Ralf Detlef Bode''' (March 31, 1941 – February 27, 2001) was a German-born American cinematographer best known for his work on ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]''.<ref name=LAT>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85638207/obituary-for-ralf-d-bode-aged-59/ |title=Ralf Bode; Cinematographer Noted for Capturing Emotion in Movies |last=Oliver |first=Myrna |date=March 8, 2001 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>


==Life and career==
Born in [[Berlin, Germany]], Bode moved with his family to [[Vermont]] in 1954 when he was 14 years old.<ref>[http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/bode.htm RALF D. BODE]</ref> A graduate of the [[University of Vermont]], he initially started off as an actor and enrolled at [[Yale Drama School]]. He also served as a photographer in the [[United States Army]].


Born in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], Bode moved with his family to [[Vermont]] in 1954, when he was 14 years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/bode.htm |title=Ralf D. Bode |publisher=Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers}}</ref> A graduate of the [[University of Vermont]], he initially started off as an actor and enrolled at [[Yale School of Drama]]. He also served as a photographer in the [[United States Army]].
Bode did the cinematography for films such as ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', ''[[Gorky Park (film)|Gorky Park]]'', ''[[The Accused (1988 film)|The Accused]]'', ''[[Uncle Buck]]'' and ''[[Don Juan DeMarco]]''. He did uncredited second unit director for ''[[Rocky]]''.


Bode did the cinematography for films ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', ''[[Gorky Park (film)|Gorky Park]]'', ''[[The Accused (1988 film)|The Accused]]'', ''[[Uncle Buck]]'' and ''[[Don Juan DeMarco]]''. He was an uncredited second unit director for ''[[Rocky]]'', but was credited for shooting the scenes in which [[Sylvester Stallone]] runs up the steps of the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]].
Bode died on February 27, 2001 of [[lung cancer]], aged 59 in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/06/arts/ralf-bode-59-cinematographer-for-rocky.html Ralf Bode, 59, Cinematographer for 'Rocky']</ref><ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2001/mar/08/local/me-35094 Ralf Bode; Cinematographer Noted for Capturing Emotion in Movies]</ref>

He received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for his work on ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'', as well as two [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]] nominations, for ''[[Gypsy (1993 film)|Gypsy]]'' and for ''[[Annie (1999 film)|Annie]]''.<ref name=LAT/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/site-search?search_api_views_fulltext=bode&f%5B0%5D=type%3Anominations |title=Bode nominations |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=emmys.com |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref>

Bode died of lung cancer on February 27, 2001, at age 59.<ref name=LAT/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/06/arts/ralf-bode-59-cinematographer-for-rocky.html |title=Ralf Bode, 59, Cinematographer for 'Rocky' |date=March 6, 2001 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The Stoolie]]''
| [[John G. Avildsen]]<br>George Silano
| With John G. Avildsen and Charlie Clifton
|-
| 1974
| ''[[There Is No 13]]''
| [[William Sachs]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1975
| ''Saturday Night at the Baths''
| David Buckley
|
|-
| ''SOS: Screw on the Screen''
| Jim Buckley
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''
| [[John Badham]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1978
| ''[[Somebody Killed Her Husband]]''
| [[Lamont Johnson]]
| With [[Andrew Laszlo]]
|-
| ''[[Slow Dancing in the Big City]]''
| John G. Avildsen
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Rich Kids (film)|Rich Kids]]''
| [[Robert M. Young (director)|Robert M. Young]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1980
| ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]''
| [[Michael Apted]]
|
|-
| ''[[Dressed to Kill (1980 film)|Dressed to Kill]]''
| [[Brian De Palma]]
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Raggedy Man]]''
| [[Jack Fisk]]
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[A Little Sex]]''
| [[Bruce Paltrow]]
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Gorky Park (film)|Gorky Park]]''
|rowspan=2|Michael Apted
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Firstborn (1984 film)|Firstborn]]''
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1986
| ''[[Violets Are Blue (1986 film)|Violets Are Blue]]''
| Jack Fisk
|
|-
| ''[[The Whoopee Boys]]''
| [[John Byrum]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
| ''[[Critical Condition (film)|Critical Condition]]''
| Michael Apted
|
|-
| ''[[The Big Town (1987 film)|The Big Town]]''
| Ben Bolt
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
| ''[[Distant Thunder (1988 film)|Distant Thunder]]''
| [[Rick Rosenthal]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Accused (1988 film)|The Accused]]''
| [[Jonathan Kaplan]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1989
| ''[[Cousins (1989 film)|Cousins]]''
| [[Joel Schumacher]]
|
|-
| ''[[Uncle Buck]]''
| [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]]
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[One Good Cop]]''
| [[Heywood Gould]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1992
| ''[[Leaving Normal (film)|Leaving Normal]]''
| [[Edward Zwick]]
|
|-
| ''[[Love Field (film)|Love Field]]''
| Jonathan Kaplan
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
| ''[[Made in America (1993 film)|Made in America]]''
| [[Richard Benjamin]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Nutcracker (1993 film)|The Nutcracker]]''
| [[Emile Ardolino]]
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1994
| ''[[Bad Girls (1994 film)|Bad Girls]]''
| Jonathan Kaplan
|
|-
| ''[[Don Juan DeMarco]]''
| [[Jeremy Leven]]
|
|-
| ''[[Safe Passage (film)|Safe Passage]]''
| [[Robert Allan Ackerman]]
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Big Green]]''
| [[Holly Goldberg Sloan]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
| ''[[A Simple Wish]]''
| [[Michael Ritchie (filmmaker)|Michael Ritchie]]
|
|-
| ''[[Hacks (1997 film)|Hacks]]''
| Gary Rosen
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Secret Life of Girls]]''
| Holly Goldberg Sloan
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Boys and Girls (2000 film)|Boys and Girls]]''
| [[Robert Iscove]]
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Speaking of Sex]]''
| [[John McNaughton]]
|
|}

'''Short film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1975
| ''Inaugural Ball''
| [[John G. Avildsen]]
| Segment of ''[[Fore Play]]''
|-
| 1997
| ''Women Without Implants''
| [[Anne De Salvo]]
|
|}

'''Documentary film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Secrets of the Gods]]''
| [[William Sachs]]
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Bring On the Night (film)|Bring On the Night]]''
| [[Michael Apted]]
|}

===Television===
'''TV movies'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
|-
| 1976
| ''Sea Marks''
| [[Ronald F. Maxwell]]<br>[[Steven Robman]]
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Gypsy (1993 film)|Gypsy]]''
| [[Emile Ardolino]]
|-
| 1995
| ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1995 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''
| [[Glenn Jordan]]
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]''
| [[Robert Iscove]]
|-
| 1998
| ''Last Rites''
| [[Kevin Dowling (director)|Kevin Dowling]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1999
| ''[[The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer]]''
| [[William Graham (director)|William Graham]]
|-
| ''[[Annie (1999 film)|Annie]]''
| [[Rob Marshall]]
|-
| ''[[Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End]]''
| Glenn Jordan
|}

'''TV series'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Note
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The History of Rock 'n' Roll]]''
| [[Andrew Solt]]<br>Bud Friedgen<br>Marc Sachnoff
| 4 episodes
|}

==Accolades==
'''Academy Awards
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Title
! Result
|-
| 1980
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]''
| {{nom}}
|}

'''Primetime Emmy Awards'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Title
! Result
|-
| 1993
|rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]]
| ''[[Gypsy (1993 film)|Gypsy]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Annie (1999 film)|Annie]]''
| {{nom}}
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005659/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1# Ralf D. Bode] at the [[Internet Movie Database]].
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005659/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1# Ralf D. Bode] at the [[Internet Movie Database]].

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Latest revision as of 19:03, 25 November 2024

Ralf D. Bode
Born
Ralf Detlef Bode

(1941-03-31)March 31, 1941
Berlin, Germany
DiedFebruary 27, 2001(2001-02-27) (aged 59)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Years active1972–2001

Ralf Detlef Bode (March 31, 1941 – February 27, 2001) was a German-born American cinematographer best known for his work on Coal Miner's Daughter.[1]

Life and career

[edit]

Born in Berlin, Germany, Bode moved with his family to Vermont in 1954, when he was 14 years old.[2] A graduate of the University of Vermont, he initially started off as an actor and enrolled at Yale School of Drama. He also served as a photographer in the United States Army.

Bode did the cinematography for films Saturday Night Fever, Gorky Park, The Accused, Uncle Buck and Don Juan DeMarco. He was an uncredited second unit director for Rocky, but was credited for shooting the scenes in which Sylvester Stallone runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

He received an Academy Award nomination for his work on Coal Miner's Daughter, as well as two Emmy nominations, for Gypsy and for Annie.[1][3]

Bode died of lung cancer on February 27, 2001, at age 59.[1][4]

Filmography

[edit]

Film

[edit]
Year Title Director Notes
1972 The Stoolie John G. Avildsen
George Silano 		With John G. Avildsen and Charlie Clifton
1974 There Is No 13 William Sachs
1975 Saturday Night at the Baths David Buckley
SOS: Screw on the Screen Jim Buckley
1977 Saturday Night Fever John Badham
1978 Somebody Killed Her Husband Lamont Johnson With Andrew Laszlo
Slow Dancing in the Big City John G. Avildsen
1979 Rich Kids Robert M. Young
1980 Coal Miner's Daughter Michael Apted
Dressed to Kill Brian De Palma
1981 Raggedy Man Jack Fisk
1982 A Little Sex Bruce Paltrow
1983 Gorky Park Michael Apted
1984 Firstborn
1986 Violets Are Blue Jack Fisk
The Whoopee Boys John Byrum
1987 Critical Condition Michael Apted
The Big Town Ben Bolt
1988 Distant Thunder Rick Rosenthal
The Accused Jonathan Kaplan
1989 Cousins Joel Schumacher
Uncle Buck John Hughes
1991 One Good Cop Heywood Gould
1992 Leaving Normal Edward Zwick
Love Field Jonathan Kaplan
1993 Made in America Richard Benjamin
The Nutcracker Emile Ardolino
1994 Bad Girls Jonathan Kaplan
Don Juan DeMarco Jeremy Leven
Safe Passage Robert Allan Ackerman
1995 The Big Green Holly Goldberg Sloan
1997 A Simple Wish Michael Ritchie
Hacks Gary Rosen
1999 The Secret Life of Girls Holly Goldberg Sloan
2000 Boys and Girls Robert Iscove
2001 Speaking of Sex John McNaughton

Short film

Year Title Director Notes
1975 Inaugural Ball John G. Avildsen Segment of Fore Play
1997 Women Without Implants Anne De Salvo

Documentary film

Year Title Director
1977 Secrets of the Gods William Sachs
1985 Bring On the Night Michael Apted

Television

[edit]

TV movies

Year Title Director
1976 Sea Marks Ronald F. Maxwell
Steven Robman
1993 Gypsy Emile Ardolino
1995 A Streetcar Named Desire Glenn Jordan
1997 Cinderella Robert Iscove
1998 Last Rites Kevin Dowling
1999 The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer William Graham
Annie Rob Marshall
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End Glenn Jordan

TV series

Year Title Director Note
1995 The History of Rock 'n' Roll Andrew Solt
Bud Friedgen
Marc Sachnoff 		4 episodes

Accolades

[edit]

Academy Awards

Year Category Title Result
1980 Best Cinematography Coal Miner's Daughter Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year Category Title Result
1993 Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Gypsy Nominated
1999 Annie Nominated

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c Oliver, Myrna (March 8, 2001). "Ralf Bode; Cinematographer Noted for Capturing Emotion in Movies". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Ralf D. Bode". Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers.
  3. ^ "Bode nominations". emmys.com. Television Academy. n.d. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ralf Bode, 59, Cinematographer for 'Rocky'". The New York Times. March 6, 2001.
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