Lance Acord
Known for: Camera
Born: September 9, 1964
Place of birth: Fresno, California, USA
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.
Advertisement
Filmography
61 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
NR
Bird in Hand
2026
NR
Soul Patrol
2026
7.0
Daughters
2024
6.5
Late Bloomers
2024
5.5
Flipside
2024
6.2
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial
2024
5.7
Earth Mama
2023
NR
Rule of Two Walls
2023
5.5
Broadway Rising
2022
5.5
There There
2022
6.0
Aisha
2022
6.5
The Independent
2022
6.9
Long Weekend
2021
NR
Another Hayride
2021
7.5
The Truffle Hunters
2020
5.7
The Last Shift
2020
2.7
Born to Play
2020
8.0
The Heart Still Hums
2020
6.7
Farewell Amor
2020
6.0
E.T.: A Holiday Reunion
2019
NR
Lazy Susan
2019
6.7
The Wolf: True Alpha
2018
6.8
Hearts Beat Loud
2018
5.5
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
2018
6.8
The Sentence
2018
6.1
The Hero
2017
10.0
The Wolf
2017
6.4
Other People
2016
5.2
The Rehearsal
2016
6.0
Once Upon a Time... Lost in Translation
2015
6.0
Cop Car
2015
7.0
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
5.8
God's Pocket
2014
7.8
Her
2013
8.0
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
20136.0
Wild in the Streets
2013
6.9
Robot & Frank
2012
5.9
The New Tenants
2009
6.5
Where the Wild Things Are
2009NR
Collaborators
2009
5.0
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
6.7
Marie Antoinette
2006
8.0
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow: The Videos
20048.4
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
2004
8.6
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2003
7.4
Lost in Translation
2003
7.3
Adaptation.
2002
6.3
Jackass: The Movie
2002
6.7
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002
4.8
Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
2001
4.7
Chop Suey
2001
6.7
Jackass
20008.0
Eventual Wife
2000
7.4
Being John Malkovich
1999
5.9
Lick the Star
1998
8.0
Free Tibet
1998
7.1
Buffalo '66
1998
6.2
Amarillo By Morning
19987.0
How They Get There
1997
NR
The Teddy Boys of the Edwardian Drape Society
1996
4.0
Gentle Giants
1995
8.0
Billy Nayer
1992