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Lance Acord
Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn September 9, 1964 (61 years)
Lance Acord (born September 9, 1964) is an American cinematographer.
Acord was born in Fresno County, California. He attended Sir Francis Drake High School's School Within A School (S.W.A.S.) program and went on to study photography and filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute. He began his professional career with photographer/filmmaker Bruce Weber. Together they made documentaries, commercials and music videos.
His breakthrough in the MTV music videos world came when director Stéphane Sednaoui offered him to work on Björk's Big Time Sensuality. Acord continued to work extensively in the commercials and music videos mediums. He earned the MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice”, which featured Christopher Walken and was directed by Spike Jonze. He also worked with R.E.M. on a regular basis.
Acord was born in Fresno County, California. He attended Sir Francis Drake High School's School Within A School (S.W.A.S.) program and went on to study photography and filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute. He began his professional career with photographer/filmmaker Bruce Weber. Together they made documentaries, commercials and music videos.
His breakthrough in the MTV music videos world came when director Stéphane Sednaoui offered him to work on Björk's Big Time Sensuality. Acord continued to work extensively in the commercials and music videos mediums. He earned the MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice”, which featured Christopher Walken and was directed by Spike Jonze. He also worked with R.E.M. on a regular basis.
Lance Acord Filmography
| 2003 | Il était une fois... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Adaptation. · as Lance Acord |
| 2001 | Anatomy of a Scene (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Daughters · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | As We Speak · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Flipside · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Earth Mama · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Rule of Two Walls · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Late Bloomers · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Broadway Rising · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | There There · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Aisha · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | The Independent · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Long Weekend · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Another Hayride · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | The Truffle Hunters · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Farewell Amor · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | The Last Shift · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Born to Play · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Sentence · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Hearts Beat Loud · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Other People · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | The Rehearsal · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Cop Car · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2009 | The New Tenants · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | E.T.: A Holiday Reunion · as Cinematographer |
| 2018 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | God's Pocket · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | Wild in the Streets · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui · as Cinematographer |
| 2003 | The Work of Director Michel Gondry · as Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | The Work of Director Spike Jonze · as Cinematographer |
| 2003 | Lost in Translation · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | Adaptation. · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | Jackass: The Movie · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Southlander · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Chop Suey · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Björk: Volumen · as Cinematographer |
| 1998 | Lick the Star · as Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | Free Tibet · as Cinematographer |
| 1998 | Buffalo '66 · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | How They Get There · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | RoadMovie · as Cinematographer |
| 1995 | Gentle Giants · as Director Of Photography |