Yance Ford
Known for: Directing
Born: April 12, 1972 in Long Island, New York, USA
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."
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Strong Island
Himself
Disclosure
Self - Filmmaker
Power
Narrator (voice)
The Color of Care
Director
Two Butterflies
Director
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Producer
Trial by Media
Director
Pride
Director
The Me You Can't See
Director
Work in Progress
Director
POV
Director