Director

Yance Ford

April 13, 1972 · 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."

Often works with

Oprah Winfrey
2 titles together
The Me You Can't See, The Color of Care

Full filmography · 7

The Me You Can't See
Director
2021
Pride
Director
2021
Trial by Media
Director
20207.2
Work in Progress
Director
20196.3
Point of View
Director
1988