Jost Vacano

Chiefly associated with Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, for whom he has created several exquisite canvases, from the melancholic hues of "Soldier of Orange" (1979) and "Spetters" (1981) to the hard-edged, high-tech worlds of "Robocop" (1988) and "Total Recall" (1990). Vacano is noted for his crisp color and fluid, mobile camera work; other notable credits include Volker Schlondorff's "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" (1975) and Wolfgang Petersen's "Das Boot" (1981).