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Born: 31 March 1941, Berlin, Germany, as Ralf Detlef Bode. His family moved to Vermont, USA, in 1954.
Died: 27 February 2001, Santa Monica, Calif., USA.
Education: University of Vermont [majored in Theatre]; Yale University Drama School, New Haven [Directing].
Career: Was active as an actor in off-Broadway plays. Received his camera training while serving as a Signal Corps cameraman in the US Army. Started his career as gaffer and lighting director.
Member of the ICG since 1976. Joined the ASC in 1982. Moved to Los Angeles in 1993 where he taught at the Los Angeles Film School. His son Paul is a c.asst.
Awards:
'Oscar' AA nom [1981] for 'Coal Miner's Daughter'; 'Emmy' Award nom
[1994] for 'Gypsy'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2000] for
'Annie'.
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FILMS |
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1969 |
The Stoolie [John G. Avildsen & (uncred) George Silano] c; uncred cph; ph: John Avildsen & Charles Clifton |
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1974 |
There Is No 13 [William Sachs] c |
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1974 |
Saturday Night at the Baths [David Buckley] c; 2uc: John Budde & Peter Stein; + post-prod superv |
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1974 |
Fore Play/Foreplay/The President's Women [Robert McCarty, Bruce Malmuth & John G. Avildsen] c; 3 seg; cph: Jeff Weinstock & Adam Giffard |
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1975 |
S.O.S./Screw on the Screen [Jim Buckley] c |
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1975 |
Rocky [John G. Avildsen] c; East Coast ph; ph: James Crabe |
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1977 |
Saturday Night Fever [John Badham (replaced John G. Avildsen)] c |
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1977 |
Slow Dancing in the Big City [John G. Avildsen] c; ph Lincoln Center ballet seq: Gerald Hirschfeld |
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1977 |
Somebody Killed Her Husband [Lamont Johnson] p/c; cph: Andrew Laszlo |
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1978 |
The Force Beyond [William Sachs] c; doc/85m |
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1978 |
Rich Kids [Robert M. Young] c |
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1979 |
Coal Miner's Daughter [Michael Apted] c; 2uc: William Birch & John Dustin |
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1979 |
Dressed to Kill [Brian De Palma] p/c |
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1980 |
Raggedy Man [Jack Fisk] c |
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1981 |
A Little Sex [Bruce Paltrow] c |
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1983 |
Gorky Park [Michael Apted] c |
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1984 |
Firstborn/Moving In [Michael Apted] c |
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1985 |
[Sting:] Bring on the Night [Michael Apted] c; mus doc/97m |
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1985 |
Violets Are Blue... [Jack Fisk] c; 2uc: Don Sweeney |
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1986 |
The Whoopee Boys [John Byrum] c |
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1986 |
Critical Condition [Michael Apted] c; + small part |
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1986 |
The Big Town/The Arm [Ben Bolt (replaced Harold Becker)] c; 2uc: Matt Tundo |
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1987 |
Distant Thunder [Rick Rosenthal] c |
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1988 |
The Accused [Jonathan Kaplan] c |
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1988 |
Cousins/A Touch of Infidelity [Joel Schumacher] c |
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1988 |
The Long Way Home [Michael Apted] c; mus doc/82m |
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1989 |
Uncle Buck [John Hughes] c; 2uc: Gregory Lundsgaard |
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1990 |
Love Field [Jonathan Kaplan] c; + 2ud |
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1991 |
One Good Cop/One Man's Justice [Heywood Gould] c |
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1991 |
Leaving Normal [Edward Zwick] c; 2uc: Roger Vernon; plates ph: Paul Gentry |
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1992 |
Made in America [Richard Benjamin] c; aph: Stan McClain |
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1992 |
[George Balanchine's] The Nutcracker [Emile Ardolino] c |
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1993 |
Bad Girls [Jonathan Kaplan] c; 2uc: Philip Pfeiffer, Dan Turrett & Jamie Anderson |
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1994 |
Safe Passage [Robert Allan Ackerman] c |
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1994 |
Don Juan DeMarco [Jeremy Leven] c |
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1994 |
The Big Green [Holly Goldberg Sloan] c; 2uc: Michael Ferris |
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1995 |
I'm Not Rappaport [Herb Gardner] c; addph; ph: Adam Holender |
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1996 |
A Simple Wish/The Fairy Godmother [Michael Ritchie] c; 2uc: Paul Varrieur |
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1996 |
The Proposition [Lesli Linka Glatter] c; addph; ph: Peter Sova |
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1997 |
Hacks/Sink or Swim/The Big Twist [Gary Rosen] c |
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1997 |
Women Without Implants [Anne De Salvo] c; short/20m |
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1998 |
The Secret Life of Girls/American Pie/Unglued [Holly Goldberg Sloan] c |
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1999 |
Boys and Girls [Robert Iscove] c; 2uc: Michael Stone |
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2000 |
Speaking of Sex [John McNaughton] c; 2uc: Roger Vernon; aph: Hans Bjerno |
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TELEVISION |
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1989 |
25 x 5 The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones [Nigel Finch] mus special/120m; ep BBC-tv arts magazine 'Arena' |
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1990 |
The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show [Andrew Solt] special/b&w-c/120m |
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1991 |
The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 [Andrew Solt] special/b&w-c/100m |
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1992 |
Crossroads [pilot dir by Michael Apted] 12-part (2 unaired) series, 1992-93 |
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1993 |
Spic-O-Rama [Peter Askin] tvm |
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1993 |
Gypsy [Emile Ardolino] tvm; released theatrically outside USA |
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1994 |
The History of Rock 'n' Roll [Andrew Solt (3 ep), Obie Benz (1 ep), Bud Friedgen (1 ep), a.o.] 10-part mus doc series/b&w-c, 1995; other ph: Cian de Buitléar, Judy Irola, Claudia Raschke, David Myers, a.o. |
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1995 |
A Streetcar Named Desire [Glenn Jordan] tvm |
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1997 |
[Rodgers & Hammerstein's] Cinderella [Robert Iscove] tvm; ep 'The Wonderful World of Disney'-series |
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1997 |
CBS: The First 50 Years [Andrew Solt & Frank Martin] special/90m |
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1998 |
Last Rites [Kevin Dowling] tvm |
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1998 |
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer [William A. Graham] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Paul Van der Linden |
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1999 |
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End [Glenn Jordan] tvm; ep #202 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series |
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1999 |
Annie [Rob Marshall] tvm |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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1968 |
The Plot Against Harry [Michael Roemer] electrician; ph: Robert M. Young |
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1969 |
Guess What We Learned in School Today? [John G. Avildsen] gaffer; ph: J.G. Avildsen |
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1970 |
Joe [John G. Avildsen] gaffer; ph: J.G. Avildsen |
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1971 |
Cry Uncle!/Super Dick [John G. Avildsen] lighting dir; ph: J.G. Avildsen |
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1975 |
Hearts and Minds [Peter Davis; doc/112m] c.op 2u; ph: Richard Pearce |
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1978 |
Moment by Moment [Jane Wagner] co-tech adv; ph: Philip Lathrop |