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Ralf D. Bode

Highest Rated: 100% Raggedy Man (1981)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Big Green (1995)

Birthday: Mar 31, 1941

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

German-born cinematographer Ralf D Bode immigrated to the USA in 1954 and gravitated to filmmaking in the US Army Signal Corps. After working as a gaffer and lighting designer for director John G Avildsen, he graduated to director of photography duties on a spate of minor films before evoking the gritty, sweaty milieu of disco New York in John Badham's "Saturday Night Fever" (1977). His first collaboration with director Michael Apted, "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980), brought him acclaim (and an Oscar nomination) for his effective use of Kentucky and Tennessee locations to evoke the hardscrabble beginnings of country singer Loretta Lynn. In his next pairing with Apted ("Gorky Park" 1983), he helped make Helsinki stand in for Moscow, presenting a plausible portrait of life in the then-current Soviet Union. Bode's films with Apted include two feature documentaries, "Bring on the Night" (1985) and "The Long Way Home," and he also made his directing debut in 1993 for (executive producer) Apted with an episode ("The Harvest") of the ABC series "Crossroads."

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 58% Raggedy Man Watchlist 93% 79% The Accused Watchlist 84% 86% Coal Miner's Daughter Watchlist 83% 74% Dressed to Kill Watchlist 82% 71% Saturday Night Fever Watchlist 78% 59% Gorky Park Watchlist 71% 42% Rich Kids Watchlist 70% 68% Don Juan DeMarco Watchlist 63% 28% Violets Are Blue Watchlist 58% 74% Safe Passage Watchlist

Filmography

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Speaking of Sex 38% 2001 Cinematographer Boys and Girls 11% 50% 2000 Cinematographer Hacks 33% 1997 Cinematographer A Simple Wish 21% 43% 1997 Cinematographer Don Juan DeMarco 70% 68% 1995 Cinematographer The Big Green 0% 46% 1995 Cinematographer Bad Girls 13% 40% 1994 Cinematographer Safe Passage 58% 74% 1994 Cinematographer George Balanchine's the Nutcracker 50% 62% 1993 Cinematographer Made in America 32% 29% 1993 Cinematographer Leaving Normal 40% 67% 1992 Cinematographer Love Field 40% 54% 1992 Cinematographer One Good Cop 14% 35% 1991 Cinematographer Cousins 56% 67% 1989 Cinematographer The Accused 93% 79% 1988 Cinematographer Distant Thunder 43% 44% 1988 Cinematographer The Big Town 50% 35% 1987 Cinematographer Violets Are Blue 63% 28% 1986 Cinematographer Bring on the Night 79% 1985 Cinematographer Firstborn 40% 54% 1984 Cinematographer Gorky Park 78% 59% 1983 Cinematographer Raggedy Man 100% 58% 1981 Cinematographer A Little Sex 36% 1981 Cinematographer Coal Miner's Daughter 84% 86% 1980 Cinematographer Dressed to Kill 83% 74% 1980 Cinematographer
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