Jost Vacano

Cinematographer. Born 15 March 1934 in Osnabrück, Germany.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

15 March 1934, Osnabrück, Germany

Active

1977–1997

Frequently works with

Paul Verhoeven, Alan Marshall, Dean Riesner, Edward Neumeier, Herbert Grönemeyer, Hubertus Bengsch, Jürgen Prochnow, Klaus Wennemann

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

77Fi1m

72Critics

We rate Jost’s work 5 points above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 791

Under 601

Of 6 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 5 films, 1 series
Screen time: 10 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $541m across 5 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1977–1997

Genres

Action3
Drama3
Science Fiction3
Adventure2
Thriller2
History1

Best and worst on Fi1m

91BestRoboCop1987

42WorstShowgirls1995

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11950s

71960s

121970s

91980s

41990s

12000s

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1983Best Cinematography · Das Boot

Other awards1 won

Won2010Marburg Camera Award: Marburg Camera Award

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.