Ralf D. Bode

Ralf D. Bode
Born	Ralf Detlef Bode (1941-03-31)March 31, 1941 Berlin, Germany
Died	February 27, 2001(2001-02-27) (aged 59) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer
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.

Biography

Born in Berlin, Germany, Bode moved with his family to Vermont in 1954, when he was 14 years old. 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, The Accused, Uncle Buck and Don Juan DeMarco. He was an uncredited second unit director for Rocky (1976), and is credited with 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 cinematography on Coal Miner's Daughter. He was nominated for two Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Cinematography category: in 1994 for Gypsy and in 2000 for Annie.

Bode died on February 27, 2001, of lung cancer at age 59 in Santa Monica, California.

Filmography

Director of photography

Film

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1972	The Stoolie	John G. Avildsen George Silano	Fourth collaboration with John G. Avildsen
1974	There Is No 13	William Sachs
1975	Saturday Night at the Baths	David Buckley
	Fore Play	John G. Avildsen	Fifth collaboration with John G. Avildsen
	SOS: Screw on the Screen	Jim Buckley
1977	Saturday Night Fever	John Badham
1978	Somebody Killed Her Husband	Lamont Johnson
	Slow Dancing in the Big City	John G. Avildsen	Seventh collaboration with John G. Avildsen
1979	Rich Kids	Robert M. Young
1980	Coal Miner's Daughter	Michael Apted	First collaboration with Michael Apted
	Dressed to Kill	Brian De Palma
1981	Raggedy Man	Jack Fisk	First collaboration with Jack Fisk
1982	A Little Sex	Bruce Paltrow
1983	Gorky Park	Michael Apted	Second collaboration with Michael Apted
1984	Firstborn		Third collaboration with Michael Apted
1986	Violets Are Blue	Jack Fisk	Second collaboration with Jack Fisk
	The Whoopee Boys	John Byrum
1987	Critical Condition	Michael Apted	Fourth collaboration with Michael Apted
	The Big Town	Ben Bolt Harold Becker
1988	Distant Thunder	Rick Rosenthal
	The Accused	Jonathan Kaplan	First collaboration with 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	Second collaboration with Jonathan Kaplan
1993	Made in America	Richard Benjamin
	The Nutcracker	Emile Ardolino
1994	Bad Girls	Jonathan Kaplan	Third collaboration with Jonathan Kaplan
	Don Juan DeMarco	Jeremy Leven
	Safe Passage	Robert Allan Ackerman
1995	The Big Green	Holly Goldberg Sloan	First collaboration with Holly Goldberg Sloan
1997	A Simple Wish	Michael Ritchie
	Hacks	Gary Rosen
1999	The Secret Life of Girls	Holly Goldberg Sloan	Second collaboration with Holly Goldberg Sloan
2000	Boys and Girls	Robert Iscove
2001	Speaking of Sex	John McNaughton

Actor

Year	Film	Director	Role
1987	Critical Condition	Michael Apted	Judge

Additional crew

Year	Film	Director	Role
1978	Moment by Moment	Jane Wagner	Technical advisor

Camera and electrical department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1970	Guess What We Learned in School Today?	John G. Avildsen	Gaffer	First collaboration with John G. Avildsen
	Joe			Second collaboration with John G. Avildsen
1971	The Plot Against Harry	Michael Roemer	Electrician
	Cry Uncle!	John G. Avildsen	Lighting director	Third collaboration with John G. Avildsen
	Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?	Ernest Pintoff	Electrician
	Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!	Edward Andrew Mann	Gaffer
1975	Saturday Night at the Baths	David Buckley	Camera operator
	SOS: Screw on the Screen	Jim Buckley
1976	Rocky	John G. Avildsen	Director of photography: Second unit	Uncredited Sixth collaboration with John G. Avildsen
1998	The Proposition	Lesli Linka Glatter	Additional photographer

Production manager

Year	Film	Director	Role
1975	Saturday Night at the Baths	David Buckley	Post-production supervisor

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Film	Director	Role
1992	Love Field	Jonathan Kaplan	Second unit director

Documentaries

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

Camera and electrical department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1974	Hearts and Minds	Peter Davis	Second unit camera

Shorts

Year	Film	Director
1997	Women Without Implants	Anne De Salvo

TV movies

Year	Film	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

Camera and electrical department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1976	The Mound Builders	Ken Campbell Marshall W. Mason	Lighting

TV series

Year	Title	Notes
1995	The History of Rock 'n' Roll	4 episodes
1999	The Wonderful World of Disney	1 episode

Camera and electrical department

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Great Performances	Lighting designer	1 episode

TV specials

Year	Film	Director
1991	The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show	Andrew Solt Brett Davey
	The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2	Andrew Solt
1993	Spic-O-Rama	Peter Askin

External links

• Ralf D. Bode at the Internet Movie Database.