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name: "Ralf D. Bode"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "31 March 1941"
died: "27 February 2001"
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updated: "2026-09-16T11:17:53.638646+00:00"
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# Ralf D. Bode

Cinematographer. Born 31 March 1941 in Berlin, Germany. Died 27 February 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 31 March 1941, Berlin, Germany
- **Died:** 27 February 2001
- **Also known as:** Ralph Boda, Ralf Bode, Ralph Bode, Ralph D. Bode

## Biography

Ralf D. Bode (also credited as Ralf Bode) was a German-born American cinematographer. Born in Berlin, he moved to the United States in 1954 and graduated from the University of Vermont. He served as a photographer in the US Army Signal Corps, briefly worked as an actor, and studied directing at the Yale School of Drama before entering cinematography.

Bode's feature credits include *Saturday Night Fever* (1977), *Coal Miner's Daughter* (1980, Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography), *Dressed to Kill* (1980), *Gorky Park* (1983), *The Accused* (1988), *Uncle Buck* (1989) and *Don Juan DeMarco* (1994). He shot the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps sequence in *Rocky* (1976) as second-unit cinematographer. He received Emmy nominations for the television films *Gypsy* (1993) and *Annie* (1999). Bode was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and taught at the Los Angeles Film School.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Saturday Night Fever* (1977), Fi1m 78, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-fever.md)

## Also known for

- *Uncle Buck* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Dressed to Kill* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Don Juan DeMarco* (1994), Director of Photography
- *The Accused* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Boys and Girls* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Made in America* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Gorky Park* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Coal Miner's Daughter* (1980), Director of Photography

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