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Jost Vacano is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography Allemand born on 15 march 1934 at Osnabrück (German)

Jost Vacano

Jost Vacano
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Nationality German
Birth 15 march 1934 (90 years) at Osnabrück (German)

Jost Vacano (born 15 March 1934) is a German cinematographer. He was the cinematographer of Das Boot and he also worked together with director Paul Verhoeven on seven films, including RoboCop and Total Recall.

Biography

Jost Vacano fait des études d'électrotechnique à l'Université technique de Munich puis, au cinéma, débute comme chef opérateur sur huit courts métrages documentaires réalisés par Peter Schamoni, de 1957 à 1964. Son premier long métrage de fiction est Chasse aux renards interdite, de Schamoni également, sorti en 1966. Jusqu'en 1983, il contribue à douze autres films allemands — y compris deux coproductions —, dont L'Honneur perdu de Katharina Blum de Volker Schlöndorff et Margarethe von Trotta (1975, avec Angela Winkler et Mario Adorf), et Das Boot de Wolfgang Petersen (1981, avec Jürgen Prochnow et Herbert Grönemeyer). De plus, il travaille sur deux films néerlandais de Paul Verhoeven, Le Choix du destin (1977, coproduction néerlando-belge, avec Rutger Hauer et Jeroen Krabbé) et Spetters (1980, avec Renée Soutendijk, Hauer et Krabbé). Il retrouve Wolfgang Petersen sur une coproduction américano-allemande, L'Histoire sans fin (1984, avec Barret Oliver et Gerald McRaney).

Jost Vacano collabore ensuite exclusivement à des films américains, huit en tout. Le premier est Paiement cash de John Frankenheimer (1986, avec Roy Scheider et Ann-Margret). Mais surtout, il assiste à nouveau Paul Verhoeven sur cinq autres films, depuis RoboCop (1987, avec Peter Weller et Nancy Allen) jusqu'à Hollow Man (2000, avec Kevin Bacon et Elisabeth Shue), après lequel il se retire.

À la télévision, il participe à trente-six téléfilms, majoritairement allemands, de 1963 à 1976. Le dernier est Les 21 heures de Munich, téléfilm américain de William A. Graham (avec William Holden et Shirley Knight). Enfin, il contribue à trois séries, deux allemandes en 1966 et 1971 (Tatort, un épisode), puis une américaine en 1990 (Les Contes de la crypte, un épisode réalisé par Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Au cours de sa carrière, entre autres, Jost Vacano gagne le Prix du film allemand de la meilleure photographie en 1976, pour deux films, dont L'Honneur perdu de Katharina Blum pré-cité ; et il obtient une nomination à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie en 1983, pour Das Boot, également évoqué ci-dessus.

En outre, pour sa contribution au cinéma, une étoile lui est dédiée sur le boulevard des stars de Berlin.

Best films

Total Recall (1990)
(Director of Photography)
Hollow Man (2000)
(Director of Photography)
Starship Troopers (1997)
(Director of Photography)
Das Boot (1981)
(Director of Photography)
RoboCop (1987)
(Director of Photography)

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Filmography of Jost Vacano (20 films)

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Side by Side, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors James Cameron, David Fincher, John Malkovich, Danny Boyle, David Lynch, Robert Rodríguez
Roles Self
Rating75% 3.796033.796033.796033.796033.79603
The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. It shows what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovations have helped push filmmaking in new directions. Interviews with directors, cinematographers, colorists, scientists, engineers and artists reveal their experiences and feelings about working with film and digital.

Cameraman

Hollow Man
Hollow Man (2000)
, 1h52
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Serial killer films, Invisibilité
Actors Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, Greg Grunberg, Joey Slotnick
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.900872.900872.900872.900872.90087
Scientist Sebastian Caine has developed a serum that can make a subject invisible. His team of scientists, which includes ex-girlfriend Dr. Linda McKay and Dr. Matt Kensington, eventually enable the serum to work on a gorilla and restore it to visibility. Sebastian once again becomes obsessed with Linda while unbeknownst to him, she has become involved with Matt. Instead of reporting his success to the military, Sebastian lies to the oversight committee, which includes his mentor Dr. Howard Kramer, convincing his team to go right into human testing. The procedure is performed on Sebastian. It is successful and Sebastian turns completely invisible. He then enjoys sneaking around the lab in order to scare and play pranks on his fellow co-workers. They become worried that he is taking it too far. After three days, he is unable to revert to visibility.
Starship Troopers, 2h9
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Military science fiction
Themes Films about animals, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about religion, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about insects, Films about extraterrestrial life, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.6485253.6485253.6485253.6485253.648525
In the 23rd century, Earth has become a space-faring federation. While colonizing new planets, humans have encountered an insectoid species known as Arachnids or "Bugs", with their home being the distant world Klendathu. The bugs appear to be little more than killing machines, though there are suggestions that they were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their habitats.
Showgirls
Showgirls (1995)
, 2h11
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Dance films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films, Striptease
Actors Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Bobbie Phillips
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51% 2.5531952.5531952.5531952.5531952.553195
Nomi Malone is a young drifter who hitchhikes to Las Vegas hoping to make it as a showgirl. After being cheated of her money by her driver, Nomi meets Molly Abrams, a seamstress and costume designer who takes her in as a roommate. Molly invites Nomi backstage at Goddess, the Stardust Casino show where she works, to meet Cristal Connors, the diva star of the topless dance revue. When Nomi tells Cristal she dances at Cheetah's Topless Club, Cristal derisively tells her that what she does is akin to prostitution. When Nomi is too upset to go to work that night, Molly takes her dancing at The Crave Club. After getting into a fight with James, a bouncer at the club, Nomi is arrested. James bails her out of jail, but she pays him little notice.
Untamed Heart, 1h42
Directed by Tony Bill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Marisa Tomei, Christian Slater, Rosie Perez, Kyle Secor, Willie Garson, Vincent Kartheiser
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.4002053.4002053.4002053.4002053.400205
Caroline (Tomei) is a young woman working as a waitress who is always unlucky in love. Adam (Slater) is a shy busboy who saves Caroline when two men try to rape her on her way home one night. She then gets to know him. They become close, but she finds out his past, and the attackers come after Adam for revenge. They end up stabbing him. While Adam is recovering in the hospital, Caroline discovers that he has a heart defect, though he claims he has a baboon heart. On his birthday she surprises him by taking him to a hockey game. Before they leave, he shows her a surprise gift he left her to be opened when they return. At the hockey game, Adam catches a stray hockey puck that is shot into the crowd. On the way home, he falls asleep and dies at the age of 27. After the funeral, Caroline opens the gift he left her. It is a box of albums with a handwritten note from Adam declaring his love for Caroline.
Total Recall, 1h53
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about altered memories, Space adventure films, Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Transport films, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Road movies, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Space opera, Chase films, Anticipation
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox, Dean Norris
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74% 3.7484353.7484353.7484353.7484353.748435
In 2084, Earthbound construction worker Douglas Quaid is having troubling dreams about Mars and a mysterious woman there. His wife Lori dismisses the dreams and discourages him from thinking about Mars, where the governor, Vilos Cohaagen, is fighting rebels while searching for a rumored alien artifact located in the mines. At "Rekall", a company that provides memory implants of vacations, Quaid opts for a memory trip to Mars as a secret agent fantasy. However, during the procedure, before the memory is implanted, something goes wrong, and the story diverges between the question of what is real and what is hallucination. Apparently, Quaid starts revealing previously suppressed memories of actually being a secret agent. The company sedates him, wipes his memory of the visit, and sends him home. On the way home, Quaid is attacked by his friend Harry and some construction coworkers; he is forced to kill them, revealing elite fighting-skills. He is then attacked in his apartment by Lori, who reveals that she was never his wife; their marriage was just a false memory implant and Cohaagen sent her as an agent to monitor Quaid. He is then attacked and pursued by armed thugs led by Richter, Lori's real husband and Cohaagen's operative.
Rocket Gibraltar, 1h39
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Burt Lancaster, Patricia Clarkson, Macaulay Culkin, Suzy Amis, Angela Goethals, Frances Conroy
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2939253.2939253.2939253.2939253.293925
Levi Rockwell is a retired, widowed Hollywood screenwriter and patriarch who reunites his entire family at his Long Island estate for his 77th birthday, but personal and social problems abound. His four children, son Rolo, and daughters Ruby, Rose and Aggie arrive, along with their spouses and children, to help him celebrate his 77th birthday. During the course of the family reunion, Levi's health begins to fail and he passes on a sentimental request that he be given a 'Viking Funeral' after his death. With his adult children consumed by their own personal worries, the grandchildren honors Levi's last wishes.
RoboCop
RoboCop (1987)
, 1h42
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Action, Crime
Themes Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Robot films
Actors Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Peter MacNicol, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75% 3.797533.797533.797533.797533.79753
In a dystopian near-future, Detroit, which is now bankrupt and overrun with crime, gives Omni Consumer Products (OCP) control of its struggling police force. The company plans to replace the poor, run-down sections of Old Detroit with the high-end "Delta City," but must first address the city's high crime rate. As an alternative to existing law enforcement, OCP senior president Dick Jones (Ronny Cox) offers the prototype ED-209 enforcement droid, but it accidentally kills a board member during a demonstration. The OCP chairman, nicknamed "The Old Man" (Dan O'Herlihy), decides instead to back Jones' young rival, Bob Morton (Miguel Ferrer), and his experimental cyborg police officer program, "RoboCop.
52 Pick-Up
52 Pick-Up (1986)
, 1h50
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Films about pornography
Actors Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, John Glover, Vanity, Kelly Preston, Clarence Williams III
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.196183.196183.196183.196183.19618
Harry Mitchell (Roy Scheider) is a successful industrialist living in the suburbs of Los Angeles whose wife Barbara (Ann-Margret) is running for city council while he is having an affair. Harry is confronted by three blackmailers demanding $105,000 for a videotape of him and his mistress, Cini (Kelly Preston).
The NeverEnding Story, 1h34
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about religion, Films about dragons, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films, Golem, Films about school violence
Actors Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Moses Gunn, Thomas Hill, Alan Oppenheimer
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.648693.648693.648693.648693.64869
Bastian Balthazar Bux (Barret Oliver), a shy and friendless bibliophile child, hides in a bookstore, interrupting the grumpy bookseller, Mr. Coreander (Thomas Hill). Bastian asks about one of the books he sees, but Mr. Coreander advises against it; despite which, Bastian seizes the book, leaving a note promising to return it, and hides in the school's attic to read. The book describes the world of Fantasia threatened by a force called "The Nothing"; where the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) who rules over Fantasia has fallen ill, and has summoned Atreyu (Noah Hathaway) to discover the cure. Atreyu is therefore given the AURYN. As Atreyu sets out, the Nothing summons Gmork (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer), a werewolf, to kill Atreyu.
The Roaring Fifties, 2h6
Directed by Peter Zadek
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Boy Gobert, Peter Kern, Christine Kaufmann, Sunnyi Melles, Beatrice Richter, Eva Mattes
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54% 2.735022.735022.735022.735022.73502
La Seconde Guerre mondiale est finie. Jakob Formann, ancien prisonnier de guerre, rentre chez lui. À Linz, il trouve du travail comme interprète pour l'armée américaine. Il se procure 40 000 œufs auprès des Américains et fonde un élevage de poulets. La ferme qu'il acquiert a appartenu à Heinrich Himmler. Le miracle économique de Jakob Formann commence. Il devient un homme d'affaires de la jeune République fédérale. Il acquiert des sociétés de construction et d'édition. Formann mène une vie de luxe. Mais le premier choc pétrolier de 1973 met fin à l'ascension du petit-bourgeois. Formann vend sa firme à un consortium de banques. Mais il n'est pas malheureux. Il prend sa retraite en compagnie de sa compagne Julia.
Das Boot
Das Boot (1981)
, 2h29
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Martin Semmelrogge, Otto Sander, Sky du Mont, Erwin Leder
Roles Director of Photography
Rating83% 4.198684.198684.198684.198684.19868
The story is told from the viewpoint of Lt. Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer), who has been assigned as a war correspondent on the German submarine U-96 in October 1941. He meets its captain (Jürgen Prochnow), chief engineer (Klaus Wennemann), and the crew in a French nightclub. Thomsen (Otto Sander), another captain, gives a crude drunken speech to celebrate his Ritterkreuz award, in which he openly mocks not only Winston Churchill but implicitly Adolf Hitler as well.
Spetters
Spetters (1980)
, 2h
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Motocyclette, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Renée Soutendijk, Jeroen Krabbé, Rutger Hauer, Kitty Courbois, Hans Veerman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2981853.2981853.2981853.2981853.298185
The film, which is violent and sexually graphic, is a high-speed coming of age story which centers on three young men dreaming of an escape from their provincial surroundings by means of a motocross career: young motocross racing champion Rien (Hans van Tongeren), another racer who thinks he has the goods, Hans (Maarten Spanjer), and the son of a Bible thumping Calvinist, the mechanic Eef (Toon Agterberg). Their only escapes are alcohol, drugs, and weekend visits to a local disco nightclub.
Soldier of Orange, 2h29
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Derek de Lint, Edward Fox, Susan Penhaligon, Lex van Delden
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75% 3.7964553.7964553.7964553.7964553.796455
The film is about a group of students from Leiden, the Netherlands, amongst them Erik Lanshof (Rutger Hauer), Guus LeJeune (Jeroen Krabbé), Jan Weinberg (Huib Rooymans), and Alex (Derek de Lint). Robby Froost (Eddy Habbema) is a friend of Erik, and Esther (Belinda Meuldijk) is Robby's girlfriend. Each of them follow a different path and therefore have a different role in World War II, either as a collaborator or in the resistance. Part of the story is set in London, where Queen Wilhelmina (Andrea Domburg) has residence. The students Erik and Guus fight alongside Colonel Rafelli (Edward Fox) and soldier Susan (Susan Penhaligon) of the allied forces in London.
Tod oder Freiheit, 1h34
Directed by Wolf Gremm
Origin German
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Peter Sattmann, Erika Pluhar, Harald Leipnitz, Mario Adorf, Gert Fröbe, Dieter Schidor
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.9693252.9693252.9693252.9693252.969325
Allemagne du Sud, vers 1750. Un souverain aussi despotique que bon-vivant et somptueux arrête au hasard des fils d'agriculteurs dans les champs où ils travaillent contre une prime pour les vendre comme mercenaires aux États-Unis. Le jeune Fritz von Buttlar, descendant d'une vieille famille noble, ne veut plus rester inactif face à cette activité monstrueuse. Son indignation est sans bornes, lorsqu'il voit que même la jeune noble Nicole von Beck est emprisonné.