Ralf Bode

• Born: 1942 in Berlin, Germany
• Died: Feb 27, 2001 in Santa Monica, California
• Occupation: Cinematographer, Actor
• Active: '70s-'90s
• Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Saturday Night Fever, The Accused, Dressed to Kill
• First Major Screen Credit: There Is No 13 (1974)

Biography

Born in Germany and educated in New England, cinematographer Ralf Bode attended the film and drama departments of Yale University. While in the American army, Bode received the practical camera training that would serve him well in the movie industry. After working as a lighting designer for director John Avildsen, Bode received his first film credit on the minor feature Foreplay, followed by a 2nd unit photography assignment on Avildsen's Rocky (1976). His next assignment, Saturday Night Fever (1977), secured Bode's reputation as a master of evocative lighting and color schemes. Bode has since brought to cinematic life the Southeastern coal fields of Coal Miner's Daughter (1981), the bleakness of wintertime Moscow in Gorky Park (1983), the sleaziness of the blue-collar barhopping scene in The Accused (1988), and the melting-pot ambience of Chicago and its suburbs in Uncle Buck (1989). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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