- Lance Acord
name = Lance Acord
birthdate = birth date and age|1964|9|9
location =Fresno County, California
baftaawards = Nominated: Best Cinematography
2003 "Lost in Translation"Lance Acord, ASC [ [http://www.theasc.com/clubhouse/inside/2000roster.php American Society of Cinematographers.] ] (born
September 9 ,1964 ) is an Americancinematographer .Acord was born in
Marin County, California . He attendedSir Francis Drake High School 's School Within A School (S.W.A.S.) program and went on to studyphotography and filmmaking at theSan Francisco Art Institute . He began his professional career with photographer/filmmaker Bruce Weber. Together they made documentaries, commercials, and music videos.Acord continued to work extensively in the latter mediums. He earned the MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography for his work on
Fatboy Slim ’s “Weapon of Choice,” which featuredChristopher Walken and was directed bySpike Jonze . He also worked with R.E.M. on a regular basis.Stéphane Sednaoui ,Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris ,Mark Romanek , andMichel Gondry are a few of the directors Acord works with. He has shot and/or directed numerous television commercial campaigns for advertisers such asLevi's ,Volkswagen , and Nike.Acord made his first foray into narrative feature filmmaking as the
cinematographer onVincent Gallo ’sBuffalo ’66 . Since then, he has been the director of photography on Spike Jonze’s featuresBeing John Malkovich andAdaptation , as well asPeter Care ’sThe Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys . Marie-Antoinette, his most recent project, was directed bySofia Coppola , with whom he collaborated previously as a cinematographer on Lost in Translation and her short filmLick the Star .References
External links
* [http://parkpictures.com/index.html Lance Acord's production company ParkPictures]
* [http://www.methodstudios.com/people/375.html Lance Acord at SFX company Method Studio]
*imdb name|id=0010139|name=Lance Acord
* [http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?first=Lance&last=Accord Lance Acord at mvdbase]
* [http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/acord.htm Lance Acord at Cinematographers.nl]
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