Directing
Yance Ford
EN cinema · 6 credits
Born
13 April 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Long Island, New York, USA
Also known as Янс Форд
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
Filmography
Power
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
The Color of Care
Director, Producer
Disclosure
as Self - Filmmaker, Creative Consultant
Strong Island
as Himself, Director, Producer