# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jost-vacano
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:58:41.920Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jost-vacano"
name: "Jost Vacano"
slug: "jost-vacano"
description: "Jost Vacano, BVK 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."
tagline: "German cinematographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boulevard-der-stars-IMG_1378x_(cropped)_-_Jost_Vacano.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1934-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.51
  momentum:             2.145294978059483
  historical:           13.82300933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005911/"
    handle:    "nm0005911"
sources:
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    title: "Вакано, Йост"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jost Vacano"
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    title: "جوست فاسانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "يوست ڤاكانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jost Vacano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Vacano"
    title: "Jost Vacano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Vacano"
    title: "Jost Vacano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jost Vacano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Vacano"
    title: "Jost Vacano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Vacano"
    title: "Jost Vacano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jost Vacano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jost Vacano"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Vacano"
    title: "Jost Vacano"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62652"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Jost Vacano"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump