Kevin Ford is a filmmaker who often works as a director, co-director, producer, DP, and editor — sometimes all at once. Over thirty years, moving from New York to Austin to Los Angeles to Oklahoma City, his films have premiered at Telluride, NYFF, AFI, SXSW, Tribeca, and Berlinale.

He got his start in late-'90s rock 'n' roll, co-directing the Jane's Addiction feature doc Three Days with Carter Smith and shooting concert videos for 311, Bush, and Stone Temple Pilots.

Much of his documentary work comes from embedding with a subject for years. Beginning in 2019, he spent three years filming Robert Downey Sr. through the last chapter of his life, working with director Chris Smith as producer, DP, and editor on Sr. for Netflix — named Best Documentary by the National Board of Review. He shot and co-produced American Chaos for Sony Pictures Classics, and co-directed and edited The Bomb with Eric Schlosser and Smriti Keshari, which was showcased at the 2018 Nobel Peace Awards, was the opening night selection of Berlinale 2017, and the closing night selection of Tribeca 2016.

His most recent feature doc, 67 Bombs to Enid — co-directed with Ty McMahan, about Marshall Islands nuclear-test survivors who resettled in rural America — won Best Documentary at deadCenter and premiered internationally at Thessaloniki, with Errol Morris executive producing.

On other films he directs, shoots, and edits himself. Everything Is Stolen, an experimental feature, earned Best Documentary at the International Avant-Garde Cinema Awards. The Pushback, produced by Richard Linklater, was an official SXSW selection and won three awards at El Paso Film Festival, including Best Director.