Yance Ford
Yance Ford is an award-winning director and producer based in New York City. His feature documentary POWER premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, going on to screen at festivals domestically and abroad.
Ford’s film STRONG ISLAND won the 2017 Sundance U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award, the Gotham Award for Best Documentary, and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Academy Awards®. STRONG ISLAND went on to win the Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Film and was nominated for a George Foster Peabody Award.
Ford is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Directors Guild of America. He is set to direct TWO BUTTERFLIES starring Viola Davis, produced by JuVee Productions and Rainforest Entertainment, and is in development on several projects, both documentary and scripted.
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ROLLING STONE
10 Best Movies From the 2024 Sundance Film Festival“Dives deep […] demands that you think hard about these questions,” January 28, 2024
VOGUE
The Best (and Most Anticipated) Documentaries of 2024, April 15, 2024
THE NEW YORK TIMES
In ‘Power,’ Policing and Politics Are Inextricable “Methodically builds a case against modern American policing,” May 10, 2024
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Coolly argued but driven by fury, ‘Power’ examines the history of American policing “A stinging analysis of the forces that created American police authority as we know it,” May 10, 2024
ABC NEWS
The depths of police power in American history explored in new Yance Ford documentary, May 17, 2024
SALON
"It's not about good apples and bad apples": Netflix doc "Power" traces the history of US policing, May 18, 2024
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Oscars: 'Strong Island' Director Becomes First Trans Filmmaker Nominee, January 24, 2018
DEMOCRACY NOW!
'Strong Island': Trans Filmmaker Yance Ford Searches for Justice After His Brother’s Racist Murder, January 24, 2018
THE NEW YORKER
Yance Ford's Powerful Cinematic Memoir, "Strong Island", January 24, 2017
THE GUARDIAN
"Strong Island" Review: An authentic, painful journey into injustice, January 26, 2017
VARIETY
Sundance Winners, "Strong Island" wins U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award, January 28, 2017
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Sundance Winners, "Strong Island" wins U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award, January 28, 2017
FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
On Power and Solidarity: Brett Story and Yance Ford at CPH:DOX 2024, April 8, 2024
DEADLINE
Smithsonian Channel & Oprah Winfrey Team On New Documentary Tackling Racial Disparities In Healthcare, March 3, 2022
REALSCREEN
Yance Ford among Sundance Momentum fellows, November 21, 2018
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued 928 invitations to new members, including Yance Ford, June 25, 2018
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Q&A: Yance Ford on race, justice and making Oscar history, February 20, 2018
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Yance Ford
Corvidae Films
Jackson Heights, NY