Lance Acord

Lance Acord

  • Birthday: 1964-09-09
  • Place of birth: Fresno, California, USA

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.

Filmography

Production

Lost in Translation

2003

As Director of Photography

Being John Malkovich

1999

As Director of Photography

Marie Antoinette

2006

As Director of Photography

Adaptation.

2002

As Director of Photography

Buffalo '66

1998

As Director of Photography

God's Pocket

2014

As Director of Photography

Amarillo By Morning

1998

As Director of Photography

Lost in Translation

2003

As Camera Operator

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

As Director of Photography

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

2002

As Director of Photography

Her

2013

As Additional Photography

Wild in the Streets

2013

As Director of Photography

Lick the Star

1998

As Director of Photography

Robot & Frank

2012

As "B" Camera Operator

Billy Nayer

1992

As Camera Operator

Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician

2001

As Director of Photography

Weapon of Choice

2001

As Director of Photography

The Teddy Boys of the Edwardian Drape Society

1996

As Director of Photography

The Wolf: True Alpha

2018

As Director of Photography

The Work of Director Michel Gondry

2003

As Director of Photography

How They Get There

1997

As Cinematography

Chop Suey

2001

As Cinematography

The Wolf

2017

As Director

The Wolf: True Alpha

2018

As Director

Robot & Frank

2012

As Producer

God's Pocket

2014

As Producer

Cop Car

2015

As Executive Producer

Other People

2016

As Executive Producer

The Hero

2017

As Executive Producer

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn

2018

As Executive Producer

The Sentence

2018

As Executive Producer

Hearts Beat Loud

2018

As Executive Producer

Born to Play

2020

As Executive Producer

The Truffle Hunters

2020

As Executive Producer

Long Weekend

2021

As Executive Producer

The New Tenants

2009

As Executive Producer

The Last Shift

2020

As Executive Producer

There There

2022

As Executive Producer

Late Bloomers

2023

As Executive Producer

Aisha

2022

As Executive Producer

Earth Mama

2023

As Executive Producer

Rule of Two Walls

2023

As Executive Producer

Daughters

2024

As Executive Producer

As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial

2024

As Executive Producer

Lazy Susan

2019

As Executive Producer

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