A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Янс Форд
Birthplace:
Long Island, New York, USA
Born:
April 13, 1972
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."
Creative Consultant:
2020 Disclosure
Director:
2017 Strong Island
2020 Disclosure
2022 The Color of Care
2024 Power
???? Two Butterflies
Producer:
2007 The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
2017 Strong Island
2020 Disclosure
2022 The Color of Care
2024 Power
???? Two Butterflies
Writer:
2007 The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
2017 Strong Island
2020 Disclosure
2022 The Color of Care
2024 Power
???? Two Butterflies
Director:
1988 POV
2019 Work in Progress
2020 Trial by Media
2021 Pride
2021 The Me You Can't See
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Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
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