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."
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 13, 1972 (54)
- Long Island, New York, USA
- Director, producer, actor and writer
- 9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Yance Ford's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Yance Ford's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Yance Ford's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Power(2024)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Color of Care(2022)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Me You Can't See(2021)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Pride(2021)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Disclosure(2020)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Trial by Media(2020)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Work in Progress(2019)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Strong Island(2017)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
POV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Two Butterflies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 1988 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Yance Ford's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 54/100 and the pacing 33/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Yance Ford work with?
People who share at least 2 of Yance Ford's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe shares the most, 2.
Composers and cinematographers
- Robert Aiki Aubrey LoweShared titles: Power (2024), The Color of Care (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
- Alan JacobsenShared titles: Pride (2021), Strong Island (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Jacobsen
- Christine NgShared titles: Pride (2021), Trial by Media (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Christine Ng
- Dara TaylorShared titles: Pride (2021), Trial by Media (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Dara Taylor
Producers
- Lisa RemingtonShared titles: Power (2024), Disclosure (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Lisa Remington
- Catherine CyrShared titles: The Color of Care (2022), The Me You Can't See (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Catherine Cyr
- Kate BolgerShared titles: The Color of Care (2022), Pride (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Bolger
- Oprah WinfreyShared titles: The Color of Care (2022), The Me You Can't See (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Oprah Winfrey
