Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

Born in Berlin, Germany; educated at the University of Vermont and the Yale School of Drama. At fourteen, Bode came to the United States. An avid photographer, he taught combat photography and made training films while serving with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Following his military service, he made a brief foray into acting in the New York theatre, then studied directing as a graduate student at the Yale Drama School. He began landing commercial cinematography jobs in the early 1970s, graduating to independent features in 1974. A second-unit job shooting the Philadelphia Museum of Art-steps sequence in ROCKY (1976) led to his first studio feature, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977). Thereafter he was in great demand for A-features. He shot several films for director Jonathan Kaplan. He also filmed several television adaptations of Broadway plays, winning an Emmy nomination for "Annie" (1999) (TV). He taught cinematography at the Los Angeles Film School. Though Bode was a non-smoker, he contracted lung cancer and died at 59 in 2001. Other notable credits include RAGGEDY MAN (1981), GORKY PARK (1983), THE ACCUSED (1988), COUSINS and UNCLE BUCK (both 1989), LOVE FIELD (1992), MADE IN AMERICA and THE NUTCRACKER (both 1993), BAD GIRLS and DON JUAN DEMARCO (both 1995), BOYS AND GIRLS (2000) and SPEAKING OF SEX (2001). He also worked in made-for-TV movies, inluding "Gypsy" (1993, TV), "Cinderella" (1997, TV) and "Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End" (1999, TV).  Nominated for Cinematography 1980: COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER 1 nomination