Jost Vacano

Jost Vacano

Born: March 15, 1934
in Osnabrück, Germany
Jost Vacano, BVK (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.

Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 1991.

Movies for Jost Vacano...

Title: RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2023
Type: TV
An in-depth look into the ground breaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew.
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U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
Title: U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
Character: Self
Released: August 24, 2023
Type: Movie
Today, 80 years after the events and 40 years after the film, these images and testimonies shed an unexpected light on the reality of the fiction filmed by Petersen. The international success of the film Das Boot made the U-96, of which it fictionally recounts the 7th combat patrol at sea, the most famous of all Hitler's submarines and arguably one of the most famous movie submarines. But the true story of this extraordinary submarine and its equally exceptional crew goes far beyond fiction. Knowing that the success of Das Boot not only opened the doors of Hollywood to Wolfgang Petersen, but also made this film an absolute reference from which all submarine warfare films produced by American cinema were subsequently inspired, this opens ultimately the way to a broader reflection on the indirect, even unconscious relationship that exists between the power of the images of Hitler's propaganda and that of today's Hollywood cinema.
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Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Title: Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Character: Self - Das Boot DOP (voice)
Released: January 10, 2021
Type: Movie
In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almost four decades after the end of the World War II. Millions of viewers worldwide make Das Boot the most internationally successful German film of all time. But due to disputes over the script, accidents on the set, and voices accusing the makers of glorifying the war, the project was many times on the verge of being cancelled.
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Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Title: Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Character: Himself
Released: February 8, 2013
Type: Movie
The gritty, kinetic, visionary cinema of Roland Klick is ripe for rediscovery. After shooting with international stars, such as Mario Adorf and Dennis Hopper, Klick celebrated international success and achieved cult status. Yet after making only six features, he disappeared from the scene in a rather mysterious way. The story of an uncompromising film maniac.
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Side by Side
Title: Side by Side
Character: Self
Released: August 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
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Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
Title: Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'
Character: Himself
Released: October 2, 2001
Type: Movie
A look behind the scenes at the making of this science fiction classic about a policeman killed in the line of duty, only to be reborn as a half-man, half-machine supercop. Includes interviews with star Peter Weller and director Paul Verhoeven, who give their views on the efforts that went into making the film.
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Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
Title: Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 1996
Type: Movie
Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.
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Title: Bayerischer Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: Deutscher Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: TV