Yance Ford
Known for
Directing
Born
April 13, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Long Island, New York, USA
Biography
Yance Ford (/ˈjænsi/; 13 April 1972; Long Island) is an American documentary filmmaker. In 2018, he and Joslyn Barnes were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for producing and directing Strong Island.
Ford graduated from Hamilton College in 1994. Beginning in 2002 he worked as a series producer at PBS for ten years. In 2011 he was named one of Filmmaker magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film. He also received the 2011–2012 Fledgling Fund Fellowship at MacDowell. In 2017 he was #97 on The Root 100, an "annual list of the most influential African Americans, ages 25 to 45."
Best known work
Disclosure
2020
Strong Island
2017
Trial by Media
2020
Work in Progress
2019
Pride
2021
Power
2024
POV
1988
The Me You Can't See
2021
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
2007
The Color of Care
2022Filmography
TBA
Two ButterfliesDirector
2024
Poweras Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
2022
The Color of CareDirector, Producer
2021
2021
2020
Disclosureas Self - Filmmaker, Creative Consultant
2020
2019
2017
Strong Islandas Himself, Director, Producer
2007
The Ballad of Esequiel HernándezProducer
1988