{"id":7169,"title":"Ralf D. Bode","kind":"bio","url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/ralf-d-bode","version":"1519c38f637773c5fdfbb1e5538702e4d8d6fa45f4a5d2eb98f559035073de11","modified":"2011-06-17T23:59:21+00:00","credits":[],"authorKeys":[],"subjects":["bio"],"metadata":[{"label":"First name","value":"Ralf D.","url":null},{"label":"Last name","value":"Bode","url":null}],"citations":{"page":"\u0022Ralf D. Bode.\u0022 Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/ralf-d-bode.","publication":null,"risUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/citation/7169.ris"},"links":[{"label":"http://www.directorsnet.com/cinematographers/bode/","url":"http://www.directorsnet.com/cinematographers/bode/","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null},{"label":"https://theoscarsite.com/whoswho6/bode_r.htm","url":"https://theoscarsite.com/whoswho6/bode_r.htm","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null},{"label":"http://entertainmentdesignmag.com/ar/show_business_saturday_night_fever","url":"http://entertainmentdesignmag.com/ar/show_business_saturday_night_fever","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null},{"label":"http://print.google.com/print/doc?articleid=GOD4lZPxPM2","url":"http://print.google.com/print/doc?articleid=GOD4lZPxPM2","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null}],"sections":[{"name":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"characters":1867},{"name":"summary","source":"existing VHP generated summary","generated":true,"characters":684}],"content":{"section":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"text":"http://www.directorsnet.com/cinematographers/bode/ Ralf D. Bode, a cinematographer who was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on \u0022Coal Miner\u0027s Daughter\u0022 and who was known for capturing mood and emotion as well as place, dies in 2001. At the beginning of Bode\u0027s career, working as a second unit photographer, he won praise for scenes he shot of Sylvester Stallone running up the steps of Philadelphia Museum of Art in the 1976 \u0022Rocky. The following year, Bode photographed his breakthrough feature film, \u0022Saturday Night Fever,\u0022 memorably capturing the heated dance floor scenes featuring the young John Travolta. Among about 40 feature films he photographed were \u0022Dressed to Kill,\u0022 \u0022Gorky Park\u0022, \u0022The Accused,\u0022 \u0022Bring On the Night,\u0022 \u0022Cousins,\u0022 \u0022Made in America\u0022 and \u0022Love Field.\u0022 Bode also worked extensively in television, earning Emmy nomination for the ABS and Disney production of \u0022Annie\u0022 in 1999. He also handled cinematography for the Bette Midler television of \u0022Gypsy\u0022 and Jessica Lange\u0027s \u0022A Streetcar Named Desire.\u0022 Born in Germany, Bode immigrated to the United States when he was 14. He graduated from University of Vermont and served in U.S. Army Signal Corps, making films and teaching combat photography. After working as an actor in several off-Broadway productions, Bode went to Yale Drama Schools for graduate study in directing. He began his behind-the-scenes work in commercials and independent films, and photographed his first motion pictures in 1974 --\u0022Foreplay,\u0022 \u0022Saturday Night at the Baths\u0022 and \u0022There Is No 13.\u0022 Last year, Bode taught at the Los Angeles Film School, which was named its annual student award for cinematography in his honor. More information at: https://theoscarsite.com/whoswho6/bode_r.htm http://entertainmentdesignmag.com/ar/show_business_saturday_night_fever http://print.google.com/print/doc?articleid=GOD4lZPxPM2","offset":0,"nextOffset":null,"totalCharacters":1867,"complete":true},"rightsUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/terms-service"}