Lance Acord
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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CameraBirthday
September 9, 1964Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
50Place of birth
Fresno, California, USACast credits
Crew credits
Lost in Translation
Director of Photography, Camera OperatorBeing John Malkovich
Director of PhotographyMarie Antoinette
Director of PhotographyAdaptation.
Director of PhotographyBuffalo '66
Director of PhotographyRobot & Frank
Producer, "B" Camera OperatorGod's Pocket
Producer, Director of PhotographyAmarillo By Morning
Director of PhotographyThe Very Best of Sheryl Crow: The Videos
DirectorCop Car
Executive ProducerOther People
Executive ProducerThe Hero
Executive ProducerThe Wolf
DirectorWhere the Wild Things Are
Director of PhotographyAn Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
Executive ProducerThe Sentence
Executive ProducerThe Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Director of PhotographyAnother Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Camera OperatorHer
Additional PhotographyLick the Star
Director of Photography