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.
Lost in Translation
(Director of Photography)
Being John Malkovich
(Director of Photography)
Marie Antoinette
(Director of Photography)
Adaptation.
(Director of Photography)
Billy Nayer
(Camera Operator)
Buffalo '66
(Director of Photography)
There There
(Executive Producer)
Robot & Frank
(Producer)
The Wolf: True Alpha
(Director)
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
(Director of Photography)
God's Pocket
(Director of Photography)
God's Pocket
(Producer)
Late Bloomers
(Executive Producer)
Aisha
(Executive Producer)
The Last Shift
(Executive Producer)
Amarillo By Morning
(Director of Photography)
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow: The Videos
(Director)
Earth Mama
(Executive Producer)
Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
(Director of Photography)
Cop Car
(Executive Producer)
Daughters
(Executive Producer)
Lost in Translation
(Camera Operator)
The Teddy Boys of the Edwardian Drape Society
(Director of Photography)
Lazy Susan
(Executive Producer)
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial
(Executive Producer)
The Wolf: True Alpha
(Director of Photography)
Other People
(Executive Producer)
How They Get There
(Director of Photography)
Chop Suey
(Director of Photography)
Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
(Camera Operator)
Jackass: The Movie
(Second Unit Director of Photography)
Gentle Giants
(Director of Photography)
Eventual Wife
(Director of Photography)
The Hero
(Executive Producer)
The Wolf
(Director)
Where the Wild Things Are
(Director of Photography)
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
(Executive Producer)
Rule of Two Walls
(Executive Producer)
The Sentence
(Executive Producer)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
(Director of Photography)
Her
(Additional Photography)
Wild in the Streets
(Director of Photography)
Lick the Star
(Director of Photography)
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
(Camera Operator)
Robot & Frank
("B" Camera Operator)
Hearts Beat Loud
(Executive Producer)
The Truffle Hunters
(Executive Producer)
Born to Play
(Executive Producer)
The New Tenants
(Executive Producer)
Long Weekend
(Executive Producer)
Jackass
(Additional Camera)