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Lance Acord

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  • Producer
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Lance Acord
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After studying film and photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, Lance moved to New York to assist photographer/filmmaker Bruce Weber. He began his career as a cinematographer shooting music videos and commercials with close friend and collaborator Spike Jonze. Lance quickly became one of the industry's most sought after cinematographers and shot seminal music videos for directors Michel Gondry, Mark Romanek, Stéphane Sednaoui, and Dayton Faris. In 2001 he won the MTV Music Award for Best Cinematography for Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice.

Lance's feature Cinematography debut was Vincent Gallo's cult classic Buffalo 66. His long list of credits include Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography), Marie Antoinette as well as Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Where the Wild Things Are.

In the late 90's Lance began his transition into directing and in 1998, together with his business partner Jackie Kelman Bisbee, founded the production company Park Pictures. Over the years, he has received 35 Cannes Lions for his work with clients such as Nike, Apple, HP, VW, P&G, Subaru and more. He was nominated Best Commercial Director by the DGA in 2003, 2011, 2012, and 2017. In 2011, Lance's Super Bowl spot for Volkswagen, The Force, became the undisputed highlight of the year's Super Bowl broadcast. The Force was named the best ad of 2011 by AdWeek, Creativity, and YouTube, and consistently ranks on lists of the greatest Super Bowl ads of all time.

His Apple film "Misunderstood" won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial. In 2019 Lance won his second Emmy Award for Nike "Dream Crazy," starring Colin Kaepernick.
BornSeptember 9, 1964
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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Sofia Coppola and Lance Acord in Lost in Translation (2003)
Lance Acord (left) and Sofia Coppola (right)

Known for

Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation (2003)
Lost in Translation
7.7
  • Cinematographer
  • 2003
Kirsten Dunst in Marie Antoinette (2006)
Marie Antoinette
6.5
  • Cinematographer
  • 2006
James Gandolfini and Max Records in Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Where the Wild Things Are
6.7
  • Cinematographer
  • 2009
Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler, Frank Langella, and James Marsden in Robot & Frank (2012)
Robot & Frank
7.0
  • Producer
  • 2012

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Cinematographer

  • Henry Thomas, Zebastin Borjeau, Alivia Drews, and Julianne Hoyak in E.T.: A Holiday Reunion (2019)
    E.T.: A Holiday Reunion
  • HP: The Wolf - True Alpha (2018)
    HP: The Wolf - True Alpha
  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2018)
    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro in God's Pocket (2014)
    God's Pocket
  • Apple Misunderstood
  • Ed Ruscha, Woody and the World's Hottest Pepper
  • Wild in the Streets (2012)
    Wild in the Streets
  • James Gandolfini and Max Records in Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
    Where the Wild Things Are
  • Kirsten Dunst in Marie Antoinette (2006)
    Marie Antoinette
  • The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui (2005)
    The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui
    • (segment Seven Seconds)
  • The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)
    The Work of Director Michel Gondry
    • (segments Bachelorette, Let Forever Be)
  • How They Get There (1997)
    The Work of Director Spike Jonze
    • (segments How They Get There, Rockafella Skank)
  • The White Stripes: I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (2003)
    The White Stripes: I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
  • Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation (2003)
    Lost in Translation
  • Adaptation. (2002)
    Adaptation.

Director

  • Henry Thomas, Zebastin Borjeau, Alivia Drews, and Julianne Hoyak in E.T.: A Holiday Reunion (2019)
    E.T.: A Holiday Reunion
  • Nike: Dream Crazy
  • HP: The Wolf - True Alpha (2018)
    HP: The Wolf - True Alpha
  • Subaru: See the World
  • Subaru: Subaru Crosstrek, Welcome to the Pack
  • GE: Meet Molly, the Kid Who Never Stops Inventing (2017)
    GE: Meet Molly, the Kid Who Never Stops Inventing
  • Subaru: Forever Young (2017)
    Subaru: Forever Young
  • Pedigree: The Walk
  • John Hancock: A Different World Marriage
  • Apple: Frankie's Holiday
  • Kohl's: Oscar Speech - Cuba Gooding Jr.
  • Wells Fargo: Waiting 30
  • Subaru: We Should Do That, We Shouldn't Have Done That
  • Kohl's: Oscar Speech, Jeff Bridges
  • YouTube Music: Tina's Theme

Producer

  • Late Bloomers
    • Post-production
  • Earth Mama (2023)
    Earth Mama
  • Brian Cox, Ann Dowd, Luke Kirby, John Cena, and Jodie Turner-Smith in The Independent (2022)
    The Independent
  • Broadway Rising (2022)
    Broadway Rising
  • Letitia Wright and Josh O'Connor in Aisha (2022)
    Aisha
  • There There (2022)
    There There
  • Long Weekend (2021)
    Long Weekend
  • Another Hayride (2021)
    Another Hayride
  • Born to Play (2020)
    Born to Play
  • The Truffle Hunters (2020)
    The Truffle Hunters
  • Richard Jenkins and Shane Paul McGhie in The Last Shift (2020)
    The Last Shift
  • Farewell Amor (2020)
    Farewell Amor
  • Lazy Susan (2019)
    Lazy Susan
  • Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons in Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
    Hearts Beat Loud
  • The Sentence (2018)
    The Sentence
  • Craig Robinson, Jemaine Clement, and Aubrey Plaza in An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)
    An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
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Wild In The Streets

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    • September 9, 1964
    • Fresno, California, USA
    • ? - present (2 children)
  • Other works
    Director of photography for Elastica music video "Car Song".

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    Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
    • Frequently lights actors with top light

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