Yance Ford Biography

Awards

• 2011Video Source Award-: nominated
• 2011IDA Award-Best Continuing Series: winner
• 2011Emmy-Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long Form: winner
• 2011Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form: winner
• 2011Emmy-New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture: nominated
• 2011Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2011Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2011Emmy-Best Documentary: winner
• 2011Emmy-Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming: nominated
• 2011Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form: nominated
• 2011Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form: nominated
• 2011Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form: nominated
• 2011Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form: winner
• 2012IDA Award-Best Continuing Series: nominated
• 2012Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form: winner
• 2012Emmy-New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture: nominated
• 2012Emmy-New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Documentaries: nominated
• 2012Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2012Emmy-Best Documentary: winner
• 2012Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2012Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2012Emmy-Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form: winner
• 2012Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form: nominated
• 2012Emmy-Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form: nominated
• 2012Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form: nominated
• 2012Emmy-Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long Form: winner
• 2013Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2013Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form: nominated
• 2013Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form: nominated
• 2013Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form: nominated
• 2013Emmy-Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form: nominated
• 2013Emmy-Outstanding Science and Technology Programming: nominated
• 2017Teddy-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2017Politiken's Audience Award-: nominated
• 2017Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best First Documentary: nominated
• 2017Jury Prize-Best Documentary: winner
• 2017Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award-: winner
• 2017Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award-: winner
• 2017Audience Award-: nominated
• 2017Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2017IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2017Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature-: winner
• 2017Tim Hetherington Award-: winner
• 2017Special Jury Prize-Documentary: winner
• 2017Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2018Oscar-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2018Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: winner
• 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: winner
• 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film: winner
• 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Unforgettables: winner
• 2018Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: winner
• 2024Human Rights Award-: nominated
• 2024Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award-: nominated