Ralf Detlef Bode (March 31, 1941 – February 27, 2001) was a German-born American cinematographer best known for his work on Coal Miner's Daughter.
[1] Born in Berlin, Germany, Bode moved with his family to Vermont in 1954, when he was 14 years old.
[2] A graduate of the University of Vermont, he initially started off as an actor and enrolled at Yale School of Drama.
Bode did the cinematography for films Saturday Night Fever, Gorky Park, The Accused, Uncle Buck and Don Juan DeMarco.
He was an uncredited second unit director for Rocky, but was credited for shooting the scenes in which Sylvester Stallone runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.