Lance Acord

61, from Fresno, California, USA

Artwork for The Making of Marie AntoinetteImage of Lance Acord

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.

Timeline

2026Aged 62

  • Poster for Soul Patrol

    Executive Producer

2025Aged 61

  • Poster for Bird in Hand

    Executive Producer

2024Aged 60

  • Poster for As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Flipside

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Late Bloomers

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Daughters

    Executive Producer

2023Aged 59

  • Poster for Rule of Two Walls

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Earth Mama

    Executive Producer

2022Aged 58

  • Poster for The Independent

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Aisha

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for There There

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Broadway Rising

    Executive Producer

2021Aged 57

  • Poster for Another Hayride

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Long Weekend

    Executive Producer

2020Aged 56

  • Poster for Farewell Amor

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Heart Still Hums

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Born to Play

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Last Shift

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Truffle Hunters

    Executive Producer

2019Aged 55

  • Poster for Lazy Susan

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for E.T.: A Holiday Reunion

    Director

2018Aged 54

  • Poster for The Sentence

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Hearts Beat Loud

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Wolf: True Alpha

    Director of Photography

2017Aged 53

  • Poster for The Wolf

    Director

  • Poster for The Hero

    Executive Producer

2016Aged 52

  • Poster for The Rehearsal

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Other People

    Executive Producer

2015Aged 51

  • Poster for Once Upon a Time... Lost in Translation

    Self

  • Poster for Cop Car

    Executive Producer

2014Aged 50

  • Poster for Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project

    Self

  • Poster for God's Pocket

    Producer

2013Aged 49

2012Aged 48

  • Poster for Robot & Frank

    "B" Camera Operator

2009Aged 45

2007Aged 43

  • Poster for The Making of Marie Antoinette

    Self

2006Aged 42

  • Poster for Marie Antoinette

    Director of Photography

2004Aged 40

2003Aged 39

  • Poster for Lost in Translation

    Camera Operator

  • Poster for The Work of Director Michel Gondry

    Director of Photography

2002Aged 38

  • Poster for The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Jackass: The Movie

    Second Unit Director of Photography

  • Poster for Adaptation.

    Director of Photography

2001Aged 37

  • Poster for Chop Suey

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician

    Camera Operator

2000Aged 36

1999Aged 35

  • Poster for Being John Malkovich

    Director of Photography

1998Aged 34

  • Poster for Amarillo By Morning

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Buffalo '66

    Director of Photography

  • Poster for Free Tibet

    Cinematography

  • Poster for Lick the Star

    Director of Photography

1997Aged 33

1996Aged 32

  • Poster for The Teddy Boys of the Edwardian Drape Society

    Director of Photography

1995Aged 31

  • Poster for Gentle Giants

    Director of Photography

1992Aged 28

  • Poster for Billy Nayer

    Camera Operator

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