Yance Ford

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Yance Ford

Yance Ford (* before 1994 on Long Island , New York ) is an American film producer and film director in the field of documentary films .

Life

Yance Ford was born and raised on Long Island as one of three children and attended Hamilton College . His mother Barbara († 2012) was a teacher and his father was a light rail driver († 1992 or 1993), who died of a stroke. His brother William Jr. was shot dead in April 1992 at the age of 24. This happened before Yance Ford came out as transgender .

Career

Ford's career in the film business began on the PBS- produced documentary series POV , as a series producer. The series has received a Primetime Emmy Award and the News & Documentary Emmy Award several times . Yance Ford began working as a film producer in 2007 and has participated in the documentary film The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández Kieran Fitzgerald, with Tommy Lee Jones as the voice-over is to hear with.

Ford made his directorial debut with his self-produced documentary Strong Island , which was released at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival . The production of the film took ten years and deals with the murder of his brother and the consequences in his family because the perpetrator, a mechanic, was never charged. Yance Ford himself can be heard as the narrator. The film was shown at the 67th Berlinale , among others . The film received numerous nominations, including at the 2018 Academy Awards in the “ Best Documentary ” category .

In late June 2018, Ford became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2007: The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández (documentary)
  • 2007: POV (TV series, episode Standing Silent Nation )
  • 2017: Strong Island

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Strong Island Review - An Authentic, Painful Journey Into Injustice. January 27, 2017, accessed February 21, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b c Strong Island's Yance Ford: 'I have no interest in giving my brother's killer any space in this film'. The Guardian , September 13, 2017, accessed February 21, 2018 .
  3. ^ Yance Ford. Public Broadcasting Service , accessed February 21, 2018 .
  4. ^ The 90th Academy Awards - 2018. Oscars.org , accessed February 21, 2018 .
  5. ^ Gregg Kilday: Academy Invites Record 928 New Members. In: The Hollywood Reporter, June 25, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Ford, Yance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer and director in the field of documentary films
DATE OF BIRTH before 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH on Long Island , New York