Lance Acord

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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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2026
Bird in Hand
Movie Executive Producer
2026
Soul Patrol
Movie Executive Producer
2024
Daughters
Movie Executive Producer
2024
Late Bloomers
Movie Executive Producer
2024
Flipside
Movie Executive Producer
2024
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial
Movie Executive Producer
2023
Earth Mama
Movie Executive Producer
2023
Rule of Two Walls
Movie Executive Producer
2022
Broadway Rising
Movie Executive Producer
2022
There There
Movie Executive Producer
2022
Aisha
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2022
The Independent
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2021
Long Weekend
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2021
Another Hayride
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2020
The Truffle Hunters
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2020
The Last Shift
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2020
Born to Play
Movie Executive Producer
2020
The Heart Still Hums
Movie Executive Producer
2020
Farewell Amor
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2019
E.T.: A Holiday Reunion
Movie Director
2019
Lazy Susan
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2018
The Wolf: True Alpha
Movie Director
2018
Hearts Beat Loud
Movie Executive Producer
2018
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
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2018
The Sentence
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2017
The Hero
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2017
The Wolf
Movie Director
2016
Other People
Movie Executive Producer
2016
The Rehearsal
Movie Executive Producer
2015
Once Upon a Time... Lost in Translation
Movie Self
2015
Cop Car
Movie Executive Producer
2014
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
Movie Self
2014
God's Pocket
Movie Director of Photography
2013
Her
Movie Additional Photography
2013
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Movie Camera Operator
2013
Wild in the Streets
Movie Director of Photography
2012
Robot & Frank
Movie Producer
2009
The New Tenants
Movie Executive Producer
2009
Where the Wild Things Are
Movie Director of Photography
2009
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