Yance Ford
Producer

Yance Ford Net Worth

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Yance Ford is an accomplished Producer, Director, and Miscellaneous Crew who has achieved great success with his directorial debut, Strong Island. The film won the Special Jury Award for Storytelling at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and has been praised by The Guardian as "one of the finest documentaries of 2017 already." Ford is a MacDowell Colony fellow, a Creative Capital Grantee, and a former Series Producer of POV. He is also a graduate of Hamilton College and the Production Workshop at Third World Newsreel, and was featured in Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film.
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Who is it? Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew
Alma mater Hamilton College
Occupation Director, film producer

💰 Net worth: $16 Million (2024)

Yance Ford's net worth of $16 million in 2024 reflects his incredible success as a Producer, Director, and Miscellaneous Crew member. With his directorial debut, Strong Island, Yance Ford has proven his exceptional talent and artistic prowess. The film received critical acclaim and garnered various awards, propelling Ford's career to new heights. His ability to captivate audiences and tell powerful stories has solidified his position as a prominent figure in the entertainment industry. With his continued dedication and undeniable talent, Yance Ford is undoubtedly set for even greater achievements in the future.

Biography/Timeline

1994

Ford graduated from Hamilton College in 1994, and beginning in 2002 he worked as a series Producer at PBS for ten years.

2011

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.

2017

In 2017 he was #97 on The Root 100, an "annual list of the most influential African Americans, ages 25 to 45."

2018

In 2018, he and Joslyn Barnes were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for producing Strong Island, which he also directed. As such, he was the first openly transgender man to be nominated for any Academy Award, and the first openly transgender Director to be nominated for any Academy Award. Strong Island is about the murder of his brother william Ford, which occurred in 1992.

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