Lance Acord | |
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 Acord at Sundance 2015 (first from left to right) | |
| Occupation(s) | Cinematographer,Film director |
Lance AcordASC[1] is an Americancinematographer and film director. He is best known for his work on the films,Buffalo '66 (1998),Being John Malkovich (1999),Adaptation (2002), andLost in Translation (2003).
Acord studiedphotography and filmmaking at theSan Francisco Art Institute.[2][3]
Acord began his career with photographer/filmmakerBruce Weber, which whom he made documentaries, commercials and music videos. His breakthrough came after he shot the music video forBjörk's "Big Time Sensuality", directed byStéphane Sednaoui. Acord continued to work extensively in commercials and music videos through the 1990s. He earned theMTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography for his work on theFatboy Slim music video for "Weapon of Choice", which featuredChristopher Walken and was directed bySpike Jonze. He also worked withR.E.M. on a regular basis.
Acord made his first foray into narrative feature filmmaking as thecinematographer ofVincent Gallo'sBuffalo '66 (1998). He shot Spike Jonze's filmsBeing John Malkovich (1999),Adaptation (2002), andWhere the Wild Things Are (2009),Sofia Coppola'sLost in Translation (2003),Marie Antoinette (2006), and her short filmLick the Star (1998), as well asPeter Care'sThe Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002).
In the late 1990s, Acord began to transition to commercial directing and in 1998, together with his business partner Jackie Kelman Bisbee, he founded the commercial production company Park Pictures. He received 35 Cannes Lions for his work with clients such as Nike, Apple, HP, Volkswagen, P&G, Subaru. He was nominated for Best Commercial Director by the DGA in 2003, 2011, 2012, and 2017. In 2011, his Super Bowl spot for Volkswagen, "The Force", was named the best ad of 2011 by AdWeek, Creativity, and YouTube and consistently ranks on lists of the greatest Super Bowl commercials of all time. His Apple film "Misunderstood" won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial. In 2019, he won his second Emmy award for the Nike commercial "Dream Crazy," starring Colin Kaepernick.
In 2019, directed the short film commercial forXfinity,A Holiday Reunion, based on the filmE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and starringHenry Thomas, who reprises his role as Elliott.
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Billy Nayer | Cory McAbee | |
| 1995 | Gentle Giants | Bruce Weber | |
| 1997 | How They Get There | Spike Jonze | |
| 1998 | Amarillo by Morning | Documentary short | |
| Lick the Star | Sofia Coppola | ||
| 2000 | Eventual Wife | Bryan Bantry Dave Diamond | |
| 2012 | Ed Ruscha, Woody and the World's Hottest Pepper | Himself | |
| 2013 | Apple Misunderstood | ||
| 2019 | E.T.: A Holiday Reunion | TV special |
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Buffalo '66 | Vincent Gallo |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze |
| 2001 | Southlander | Steve Hanft |
| 2002 | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | Peter Care |
| Adaptation | Spike Jonze | |
| 2003 | Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola |
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette | |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Spike Jonze |
| 2014 | God's Pocket | John Slattery |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Free Tibet | Sarah Pirozek | |
| 2001 | Chop Suey | Bruce Weber | With James D. Cooper and Jim Fealy |
| 2012 | Wild in the Streets | Peter Baxter | With Peter Baxter, Terrence Hayes, Laurent Malaquais and Mark Williams |
| 2018 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Bruce Weber |
Music videos
Executive producer
