Jost Vacano

Born: 1934-03-15

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.


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Side by Side

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Released: 2012-08-19

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film....

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U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

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Released: 2023-08-24

Today, 80 years after the events and 40 years after the film, these images and testimonies shed...

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Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

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Released: 2013-02-08

The gritty, kinetic, visionary cinema of Roland Klick is ripe for rediscovery. After shooting...

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Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop'

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Released: 2001-10-02

A look behind the scenes at the making of this science fiction classic about a policeman killed...

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Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

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Released: 2021-01-10

In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit...

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Life After the NeverEnding Story

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Released: 2024-05-29

A feature documentary celebrating Wolfgang Petersen's 1984 classic The NeverEnding Story via...

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RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

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First aired: 2023-08-28

An in-depth look into the ground breaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew.

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