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Lance Acord

Name in Native Language: "Lancelot J. Acord" (English/EN)
Cinematographer / Film Producer / Film Director | * 09/09/1964 (59) | Fresno, California (United States of America (USA))
Lance Acord is an American cinematographer and director. He is best known for his work on the films, Buffalo '66 (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Lost in Translation (2003). ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Lance Acord

MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography
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Movies with Lance Acord as Actor(4)

Movies with Lance Acord as Crew(43)

Production/Executive Producer2024 As We Speak
Production/Executive Producer2024 Daughters
Production/Executive Producer2023 Rule of Two Walls
Production/Executive Producer2023 Earth Mama
Production/Executive Producer2022 Aisha
Production/Executive Producer2022 There There
Production/Executive Producer2021 Long Weekend
Production/Executive Producer2020 Born to Play
Production/Executive Producer2020 The Last Shift
Production/Executive Producer2020 The Truffle Hunters
Production/Executive Producer2018 An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
Camera/Director of Photography2018 The Wolf: True Alpha
Directing/Director2018 The Wolf: True Alpha
Production/Executive Producer2018 The Sentence
Production/Executive Producer2018 Hearts Beat Loud
Production/Executive Producer2017 The Hero
Production/Executive Producer2016 Other People
Production/Executive Producer2015 Cop Car
Camera/Director of Photography2014 God's Pocket
Production/Producer2014 God's Pocket
Camera/Additional Photography2013 Her
Camera/Director of Photography2013 Wild in the Streets
Camera/"B" Camera Operator2012 Robot & Frank
Production/Producer2012 Robot & Frank
Production/Executive Producer2009 The New Tenants
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Where the Wild Things Are
Camera/Director of Photography2006 Marie Antoinette
Camera/Director of Photography2003 Lost in Translation
Camera/Camera Operator2003 Lost in Translation
Camera/Director of Photography2002 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Camera/Director of Photography2002 Adaptation.
Camera/Director of Photography2001 Weapon of Choice
Crew/Cinematography2001 Chop Suey
Camera/Director of Photography2001 Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
Camera/Director of Photography1999 Being John Malkovich
Camera/Director of Photography1998 Lick the Star
Camera/Director of Photography1998 Amarillo By Morning
Camera/Director of Photography1998 Buffalo '66
Crew/Cinematography1997 How They Get There
Camera/Camera Operator1992 Billy Nayer

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Full Name: Lance Acord
Born: Wednesday, 09/09 1964 (September) in Fresno, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 59 years + 202 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: San Francisco Art Institute, Sir Francis Drake High School
Other names for Lance Acord (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lancelot J. Acord"
Lance Acord frequently works together with these people:
Sam Bisbee (21x, Crew)
Spike Jonze (19x, Crew)
Sofia Coppola (11x, Actress)
Theodora Dunlap (10x, Crew)
K.K. Barrett (9x, Crew)
Eric Zumbrunnen (9x, Crew)
Ren Klyce (7x, Crew)
Vincent Landay (7x, Crew)
Richard Beggs (7x, Crew)
Vincent Gallo (6x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:75415, Added: 05/24/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024