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."
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Power
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2024
Power
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2024
Power
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2024
The Color of Care
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
The Me You Can't See
Role: Director
TV • 2021
Pride
Role: Director
TV • 2021
Disclosure
Role: Creative Consultant
MOVIE • 2020
Trial by Media
Role: Director
TV • 2020
Work in Progress
Role: Director
TV • 2019
Strong Island
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017
Strong Island
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2017
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2007
POV
Role: Director
TV • 1988
Two Butterflies
Role: Director
MOVIE • TBA