Yance Ford

Regisseur, Producer, Acteur, Schrijver

13 april 1972 (53 years)
Yance Ford (/ˈjænsi/; 13 April 1972; Long Island) is an American documentary filmmaker. In 2018, he and Joslyn Barnes were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for producing and directing Strong Island.

Ford graduated from Hamilton College in 1994. Beginning in 2002 he worked as a series producer at PBS for ten years. In 2011 he was named one of Filmmaker magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film. He also received the 2011–2012 Fledgling Fund Fellowship at MacDowell. In 2017 he was #97 on The Root 100, an "annual list of the most influential African Americans, ages 25 to 45."

Known For

  • Strong Island
    Strong Island2017
  • Trial by Media
    Trial by Media1 season
  • Work in Progress
    Work in Progress2 seasons
  • Power
    Power2024
  • The Me You Can't See
    The Me You Can't See6 episodes
  • The Color of Care
    The Color of Care2022
  • Pride (2021)
    Pride (2021)6 episodes
  • The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
    The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández2007
  • P.O.V.
    P.O.V.38 seasons

Cinematografie