About

Known credits:
11
Birthday:
1972-04-13
Place of birth:
Long Island, New York, USA
Website:
N/A

Yance Ford

Overview

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."

Known for

Acting

2020 Disclosure Actor Self - Filmmaker 63
Fair
2017 Strong Island Actor Himself 59
Average

Directing

2024 Power Directing Director 59
Average
2022 The Color of Care Directing Director 58
Average
2017 Strong Island Directing Director 59
Average
Two Butterflies Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing

2024 Power Writing Writer 59
Average

Production

2024 Power Production Producer 59
Average
2017 Strong Island Production Producer 59
Average
2007 The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández Production Producer 59
Average

Crew

2020 Disclosure Crew Creative Consultant 63
Fair