Jost Vacano, BVK (born 15 March 1934) is a German retired cinematographer. His work included Das Boot, and he also worked together with director Paul Verhoeven on seven films, including RoboCop and Total Recall. He was also the cinematographer for The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum which he considers his favorite of his own films due to its timeless political message.
Awards 1981 Bavarian Film Award, Best Cinematography
Filmography
Feature films Year Title Director Notes 1966 No Shooting Time for Foxes Peter Schamoni 1970 Klaus Überall 1974 Supermarket Roland Klick Der Abituriententag Eberhard Itzenplitz 1975 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Volker SchlöndorffMargarethe von Trotta 1976 Roland Klick Potato Fritz Peter Schamoni 1977 Wolf Gremm Soldier of Orange Paul Verhoeven 1978 The Fifth Commandment Duccio Tessari 1980 Spetters Paul Verhoeven 1981 Das Boot Wolfgang Petersen Bavarian Film Award for Best CinematographyNominated - Academy Award for Best Cinematography 1983 The Roaring Fifties Peter Zadek 1984 The NeverEnding Story Wolfgang Petersen 1986 52 Pick-Up John Frankenheimer 1987 RoboCop Paul Verhoeven additional cinematographers James Glennon and Sol Negrin 1988 Rocket Gibraltar Daniel Petrie 1990 Total Recall Paul Verhoeven 1993 Untamed Heart Tony Bill 1995 Showgirls Paul Verhoeven 1997Starship Troopers 2000 Hollow Man
Television TV movies Die Stühle (1964) Mariana Pineda (1965) Der Nebbich (1965) (1968) Ostern (1968) (1968) (1969) (1971) Shot on Command – The Sass Brothers, Once Berlin's Big Crooks (1972) 21 Hours at Munich (1976)
TV series Tatort: (1971) Tales from the Crypt (1990) (Episode "The Switch")
See also List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees
References
External links
SOC 2011 Historical Shot: Das Boot by Jost Vacano