Ralf D. Bode

American cinematographer (1941–2001)

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.^[1]

Biography

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 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.^[1]^[3]

Bode died on February 27, 2001, of lung cancer at age 59 in Santa Monica, California.^[1]^[4]

Filmography

Film

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
1977	Saturday Night Fever	John Badham
1978	Somebody Killed Her Husband	Lamont Johnson	With Andrew Laszlo
1978	Slow Dancing in the Big City	John G. Avildsen
1979	Rich Kids	Robert M. Young
1980	Coal Miner's Daughter	Michael Apted
1980	Dressed to Kill	Brian De Palma
1981	Raggedy Man	Jack Fisk
1982	A Little Sex	Bruce Paltrow
1983	Gorky Park	Michael Apted
1984	Firstborn	Michael Apted
1985	Bring On the Night	Michael Apted	Documentary
1986	Violets Are Blue	Jack Fisk
1986	The Whoopee Boys	John Byrum
1987	Critical Condition	Michael Apted
1987	The Big Town	Ben Bolt
1988	Distant Thunder	Rick Rosenthal
1988	The Accused	Jonathan Kaplan
1989	Cousins	Joel Schumacher
1989	Uncle Buck	John Hughes
1991	One Good Cop	Heywood Gould
1992	Leaving Normal	Edward Zwick
1992	Love Field	Jonathan Kaplan
1993	Made in America	Richard Benjamin
1993	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
1997	Hacks	Gary Rosen
1999	The Secret Life of Girls	Holly Goldberg Sloan
2000	Boys and Girls	Robert Iscove
2001	Speaking of Sex	John McNaughton

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1993	Gypsy	Emile Ardolino	Television film
1995	The History of Rock 'n' Roll	Andrew Solt Bud Friedgen Marc Sachnoff	4 episodes
1995	A Streetcar Named Desire	Glenn Jordan	Television film
1997	Cinderella	Robert Iscove	Television film
1999	The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer	William Graham	Television film
	Annie	Rob Marshall	Television film
	Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End	Glenn Jordan	Television film

Accolades

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

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