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Lance Acord

b. 1964 · 20 titles in the catalogue

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.

Their work

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  1. Her2013Additional Photography
  2. Lost in Translation2003Camera Operator · Director of Photography
  3. Being John Malkovich1999Director of Photography
  4. Marie Antoinette2006Director of Photography
  5. Adaptation.2002Director of Photography
  6. Where the Wild Things Are2009Director of Photography
  7. Jackass: The Movie2002Second Unit Director of Photography
  8. Robot & Frank2012"B" Camera Operator · Producer
  9. Buffalo '661998Director of Photography
  10. Cop Car2015Executive Producer
  11. Jackass2000Additional Camera
  12. Hearts Beat Loud2018Executive Producer
  13. The Hero2017Executive Producer
  14. Other People2016Executive Producer
  15. God's Pocket2014Director of Photography · Producer
  16. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys2002Director of Photography
  17. The Independent2022Executive Producer
  18. An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn2018Executive Producer
  19. The Last Shift2020Executive Producer
  20. The Making of Marie Antoinette2007as Self