Lance Acord

Lance Acord

cinematographer, director, producer

Lance Acord was born on Sep 09, 1964 in USA. Lance Acord's big-screen debut came with Buffalo '66 directed by Vincent Gallo in 1998. Lance Acord is known for The Truffle Hunters directed by Michael Dweck, Piero Botto stars as and Sergio Cauda as . Lance Acord has got 2 awards and 19 nominations so far. The most recent award Lance Acord achieved is Chicago Film Critics Association Awards. The upcoming new movie Lance Acord plays is The Independent which will be released on Nov 02, 2022.

After studying film and photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, Lance moved to New York to assist photographer/filmmaker Bruce Weber. He began his career as a cinematographer shooting music videos and commercials with close friend and collaborator Spike Jonze. Lance quickly became one of the industry's most sought after cinematographers and shot seminal music videos for directors Michel Gondry, Mark Romanek, Stéphane Sednaoui, and Dayton Faris. In 2001 he won the MTV Music Award for Best Cinematography for Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice.Lance's feature Cinematography debut was Vincent Gallo's cult classic Buffalo 66. His long list of credits include Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography), Marie Antoinette as well as Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Where the Wild Things Are.In the late 90's Lance began his transition into directing and in 1998, together with his business partner Jackie Kelman Bisbee, founded the production company Park Pictures. Over the years, he has received 35 Cannes Lions for his work with clients such as Nike, Apple, HP, VW, P&G, Subaru and more. He was nominated Best Commercial Director by the DGA in 2003, 2011, 2012, and 2017. In 2011, Lance's Super Bowl spot for Volkswagen, The Force, became the undisputed highlight of the year's Super Bowl broadcast. The Force was named the best ad of 2011 by AdWeek, Creativity, and YouTube, and consistently ranks on lists of the greatest Super Bowl ads of all time.His Apple film "Misunderstood" won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial. In 2019 Lance won his second Emmy Award for Nike "Dream Crazy," starring Colin Kaepernick.

  • Birthday

    Sep 09, 1964
  • Place of Birth

    Fresno, California, USA

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 19 nominations

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2004
Best Cinematography
Winner - CFCA Award
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
2001
Best Cinematography in a Video
Winner - VMA
Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice (2001)

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Movies