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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-09-09 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Fresno, California, USA

Lance Acord

Biography:

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.

Known For

Camera

2018

The Wolf: True Alpha as Director of Photography

2014

God's Pocket as Director of Photography

2013

Her as Additional Photography
Wild in the Streets as Director of Photography

2012

Robot & Frank as "B" Camera Operator

2009

Where the Wild Things Are as Director of Photography

2006

Marie Antoinette as Director of Photography

2003

Lost in Translation as Director of Photography
The Work of Director Michel Gondry as Director of Photography
Lost in Translation as Camera Operator

2002

Adaptation. as Director of Photography
Jackass: The Movie as Second Unit Director of Photography
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys as Director of Photography

2001

Chop Suey as Director of Photography

2000

Eventual Wife as Director of Photography
Jackass as Additional Camera

1999

Being John Malkovich as Director of Photography

1998

Buffalo '66 as Director of Photography
Amarillo By Morning as Director of Photography
Lick the Star as Director of Photography

1997

How They Get There as Director of Photography

1996

1995

Gentle Giants as Director of Photography

1992

Billy Nayer as Camera Operator

Production

2025

Bird in Hand as Executive Producer

2024

Late Bloomers as Executive Producer
Daughters as Executive Producer
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial as Executive Producer

2023

Earth Mama as Executive Producer
Rule of Two Walls as Executive Producer

2022

There There as Executive Producer
Aisha as Executive Producer

2021

Long Weekend as Executive Producer

2020

The Last Shift as Executive Producer
The Truffle Hunters as Executive Producer
Born to Play as Executive Producer

2019

Lazy Susan as Executive Producer

2018

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn as Executive Producer
The Sentence as Executive Producer
Hearts Beat Loud as Executive Producer

2017

The Hero as Executive Producer

2016

Other People as Executive Producer

2015

Cop Car as Executive Producer

2014

God's Pocket as Producer

2012

Robot & Frank as Producer

2009

The New Tenants as Executive Producer

Directing

2018

2017

The Wolf as Director

Crew

1998

Free Tibet as Cinematography