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

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in 1954, when he was 14 years old. A graduate of the

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, he initially started off as an actor and enrolled at

Yale School of Drama The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in e ...

. He also served as a photographer in the

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. Bode did the cinematography for films such as '' Saturday Night Fever'', '' Gorky Park'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He was an uncredited second unit director for ''

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'' (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

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nomination for his cinematography on ''Coal Miner's Daughter''. He was nominated for two Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Cinematography category: in

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for ''

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'' and in

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for ''

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''. Bode died on February 27, 2001, of lung cancer at age 59 in

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Filmography

* '' The Stoolie'' (1972) (with John G. Alvidsen and Charles Clifton) * '' There Is No 13'' (1974) * ''Saturday Night at the Baths'' (1975) * ''

Fore Play ''Fore Play'' is a 1975 comedy film, comedy anthology film co-directed by Bruce Malmuth, Robert McCarty, Ralph Rosenblum, and future Academy Award-winner John G. Avildsen. Plot Within a frame story in which a doctor talks about sex, the film is ...

'' (1975) * ''SOS: Screw on the Screen'' (1975) * '' The Force Beyond'' (1977) * '' Saturday Night Fever'' (1977) * ''

Somebody Killed Her Husband ''Somebody Killed Her Husband'' is a 1978 American comedy–mystery film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Reginald Rose. It starred Farrah Fawcett and Jeff Bridges. Also in the cast were John Wood, Tammy Grimes and John Glover. Plot T ...

'' (1978) * '' Slow Dancing in the Big City'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1979) * '' Coal Miner's Daughter'' (1980) * '' Dressed to Kill'' (1980) * ''

Raggedy Man ''Raggedy Man'' is a 1981 American drama film based on William D. Wittliff and Sara Clark's 1979 novel, and directed by Jack Fisk. It follows a divorced mother and telephone switchboard operator living with her two sons in a small town during Wo ...

'' (1981) * ''

A Little Sex ''A Little Sex'' is a 1982 American comedy film produced by MTM Enterprises and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Bruce Paltrow and written by Bob DeLaurentis. Plot Young television producer, Michael Donovan, tries to aba ...

'' (1982) * '' Gorky Park'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1984) * ''

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'' (1985) * '' The Whoopee Boys'' (1986) * '' Violets Are Blue'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1987) * '' The Big Town'' (1987) * '' Distant Thunder'' (1988) * ''

'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1991) * '' Leaving Normal'' (1992) * '' Love Field'' (1992) * '' Made in America'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1993) * '' Bad Girls'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1994) * ''

'' (1995) * '' The Big Green'' (1995) * ''Women Without Implants'' (1997) * '' A Simple Wish'' (1997) * '' Hacks (1997) * '' The Secret Life of Girls'' (1999) * '' Boys and Girls'' (2000) * '' Speaking of Sex'' (2001)

Television

* ''Sea Marks'' (1976) (TV movie) * ''The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show'' (1991 TV special) * ''The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2'' (1991 TV special) * ''Spic-O-Rama'' (1993 TV special) * ''

'' (1993 TV movie) * '' The History of Rock 'n' Roll'' (four episodes, 1995) * ''

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'' (1995 TV movie) * ''

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'' (1997 TV movie) * ''Last Rites'' (1998 TV movie) * '' The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer'' (1999 TV movie) * ''

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'' (1 episode, 1999) * '' Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End'' (1999 TV movie)

References

External links

Ralf D. Bode
at the

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