- Known For
- Camera
- Born
- September 9, 1964
- Place of Birth
- Fresno, California, USA
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.
Filmography
movieSoul Patrol
2026 · Executive Producer
movieBird in Hand
2025 · Executive Producer
movieDaughters
2024 · Executive Producer
movieLate Bloomers
2024 · Executive Producer
movieFlipside
2024 · Executive Producer
movieAs We Speak: Rap Music on Trial
2024 · Executive Producer
movieEarth Mama
2023 · Executive Producer
movieRule of Two Walls
2023 · Executive Producer
movieBroadway Rising
2022 · Executive Producer
movieThere There
2022 · Executive Producer
movieAisha
2022 · Executive Producer
movieThe Independent
2022 · Executive Producer
movieLong Weekend
2021 · Executive Producer
movieAnother Hayride
2021 · Executive Producer
movieThe Truffle Hunters
2020 · Executive Producer
movieThe Last Shift
2020 · Executive Producer
movieBorn to Play
2020 · Executive Producer
movieThe Heart Still Hums
2020 · Executive Producer
movieFarewell Amor
2020 · Executive Producer
movieE.T.: A Holiday Reunion
2019 · Director
movieLazy Susan
2019 · Executive Producer
movieThe Wolf: True Alpha
2018 · Director, Director of Photography
movieHearts Beat Loud
2018 · Executive Producer
movieAn Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
2018 · Executive Producer
movieThe Sentence
2018 · Executive Producer
movieThe Hero
2017 · Executive Producer
movieThe Wolf
2017 · Director
movieOther People
2016 · Executive Producer
movieThe Rehearsal
2016 · Executive Producer
movieOnce Upon a Time... Lost in Translation
2015 · Self
movieCop Car
2015 · Executive Producer
movieHer: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014 · Self
movieGod's Pocket
2014 · Director of Photography, Producer
movieHer
2013 · Additional Photography
movieAnother Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2013 · Camera Operator
Wild in the Streets
movieWild in the Streets
2013 · Director of Photography
movieRobot & Frank
2012 · Producer, "B" Camera Operator
movieThe New Tenants
2009 · Executive Producer
movieWhere the Wild Things Are
2009 · Director of Photography
Collaborators
movieCollaborators
2009 · Self
movieThe Making of Marie Antoinette
2007 · Self
movieMarie Antoinette
2006 · Director of Photography
movieThe Very Best of Sheryl Crow: The Videos
2004 · Director
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
movieLost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
2004 · Self
movieThe Work of Director Michel Gondry
2003 · Director of Photography
movieLost in Translation
2003 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator
movieAdaptation.
2002 · Director of Photography
movieJackass: The Movie
2002 · Second Unit Director of Photography
movieThe Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002 · Director of Photography
movieSouthlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
2001 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator
movieChop Suey
2001 · Director of Photography
tvJackass
2000 · Additional Camera
Eventual Wife
movieEventual Wife
2000 · Director of Photography
movieBeing John Malkovich
1999 · Director of Photography
movieLick the Star
1998 · Director of Photography
movieFree Tibet
1998 · Cinematography
movieBuffalo '66
1998 · Director of Photography
movieAmarillo By Morning
1998 · Director of Photography
How They Get There
movieHow They Get There
1997 · Director of Photography
movieThe Teddy Boys of the Edwardian Drape Society
1996 · Director of Photography
movieGentle Giants
1995 · Director of Photography
movieBilly Nayer
1992 · Camera Operator