67 BOMBS TO ENID
Documentary | Director, Producer, DP, Editor | 2025 | 89min
From executive producer Errol Morris, 67 BOMBS TO ENID is an intimate, character-driven documentary by directors Kevin Ford and Ty McMahan about survivors of nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands who relocated to rural America. The film presents intimate access to characters with first-hand accounts of bomb blasts and their descendants who speak to the generational impact these perverse weapons of war have had on humans. Official Selection of El Paso Film Festival, Bushwick Film Festival, and awarded Best Documentary at the 2025 deadCenter Film Festival.
EVERYTHING IS STOLEN
Experimental | Producer, Director, DP, Editor | 2024 | 75min
“Concealed and confined, obscure and over defined. Violently gentle, anything but simple, and yet there is something insatiably primal to it.” Taking the poetry of Ellar Coltrane as a starting point, filmmaker Kevin Ford fashioned the experimental documentary EVERYTHING IS STOLEN — a personal essay, collage, and exploration of a young person discarding the past to become someone new. Along with Coltrane and a few close companions, Ford examines mental health, identity, and existence in a moving, cinematic meditation. Official Selection of Santa Fe International Film Festival, El Paso Film Festival, LA International Cinema Awards, and named Best Documentary by the 2024 International Avant-Garde Cinema Awards and Best Experimental Documentary of the 2025 Alpine International Film Festival.
“Sr.”
Documentary | Producer, DP, Editor | 2022 | 89min
How do you capture a filmmaker who spent his life defying capture? Over three years, Kevin Ford embedded himself in the world of Robert Downey Sr. — poring through archives and intimately documenting the final chapter of a singular life. The result, directed by Chris Smith and also produced by Emily Barclay Ford, Susan Downey, and Robert Downey Jr., is a tender, unguarded portrait of one of American cinema’s true originals. Winner of Best Documentary from the National Board of Review (2022) and Best Arts Documentary at the Grierson Awards (2023). Now streaming on Netflix.
THE PATHWAY
Documentary | Lead DP, Co-Producer | 2 Seasons
From executive producer Kenny ‘The Jet’ Smith and produced by Endgame Entertainment for the NBA, The Pathway premiered on TNT and followed Team Ignite — a bold, unprecedented pipeline designed to fast-track the world’s most elite high school basketball players to the pros.
THE PUSHBACK
Documentary | Director, DP, Editor | 2020 | 89min
Texas contains multitudes — and The Pushback explores all of them. From producer Richard Linklater and director Kevin Ford, the film dives into the fault lines running beneath the Lone Star State: immigrant rights, border wall land seizures, and a fraught racial history colliding with a rapidly diversifying population. A portrait of a state — and a country — at a crossroads. Official SXSW Selection. Winner of Best Documentary at the 2020 El Paso Film Festival.
SOUNDS OF PARIS
Short | Director, DP, Editor | 2018 | 30min
Sounds of Paris (A Conversation With Elie) is a short film by Kevin Ford which playfully threads a wide-ranging philosophical conversation with a young man at a cafe (Elie Olivenness) into a colorful tapestry of moments and imagery captured around the city of Paris, France.
AMERICAN CHAOS
Documentary | Co-Producer, DP, Editor | 2018 | 90min
Six months before the 2016 presidential election, director Jim Stern and Kevin Ford hit the road — heading deep into America’s red states to ask one question: what do people actually want? American Chaos is an on-the-ground dispatch from inside the cultural divide, offering an unfiltered look at the forces reshaping American democracy. A Sony Pictures Classics release.
DROWNED
Narrative | Producer, Director, DP, Editor | 2017 | 80min
The last day before a new life begins. Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood) plays a struggling writer who meets an aspiring fashion student (Rasha Mosa) just hours before leaving Los Angeles for good. What follows is one spontaneous, searching day in downtown LA — full of connection, vulnerability, and the quiet weight of everything left unsaid. Drowned is a love letter to a city and the fleeting moments it holds.
THE BOMB
Experimental | Director, Editor | 2017 | 59min
Equal parts hypnotic and terrifying, The Bomb plunges into the world of nuclear weapons — their dark allure, staggering destructive power, and the elaborate machinery of missiles, computers, and human ambition built around them. Made with collaborators Smriti Keshari and Eric Schlosser, the film premiered at Tribeca (2016), screened at Berlinale Special (2017) and Glastonbury Festival, and was featured at the Nobel Peace Awards ceremony in 2018.
BY THE RIVER
Experimental | Producer, Director, DP, Editor | 2016 | 83min
From producer Adrien Brody, By the River sends Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood) on a cross-country train journey with no fixed destination — just an open ear, a recorder, and a curiosity about how strangers talk about life, creativity, and becoming. Meditative, intimate, and quietly alive. Premiered at the Sidewalk Film Festival (2016) and featured at the Austin Film Society. Filmmaker Richard Linklater called By The River “a brave and sincere attempt at communication.”
STONE BARN CASTLE
Documentary | Director, DP, Editor | 2014 | 95min
In 2007, Adrien Brody fell in love with a half-burned stone barn hidden in the woods of upstate New York — and decided to bring it back to life. What followed was a seven-year restoration, a dream pursued with obsessive dedication, and a film that documents every step of the journey. Stone Barn Castle is about what it really takes to build something that lasts. Premiered at SXSW 2015.
LEGS
Narrative | Director, Co-Producer, DP, Editor | 2012 | 83min
Cult rocker Legs (Eddie Steeples, My Name Is Earl) is broke, betrayed, and on the run. With his loyal assistant Jen (Angela Bettis, May) at his side, he tries to lay low — until a ghost from his past resurfaces and threatens to unravel whatever’s left of his sanity. Part noir, part character study, Legs is a strange and darkly funny ride. Premiered at the Cinesander Film Series, São Paulo, 2014.
WHEN IS TOMORROW
Narrative | Director, Producer, DP, Editor | 2008 | 80min
Five years. One wedding. A lot of unfinished business. Eddie Steeples (My Name Is Earl) plays Ron, a New York poet who shows up to celebrate his old friend Jake’s wedding — only to find Jake more interested in settling scores than celebrating. When Is Tomorrow is sharp, funny, and a little dangerous. Premiered at the Boston Underground Film Festival (2007). Also presented by Austin Film Society and ran theatrically at the Alamo Drafthouse.
THE PARTY’S OVER
Documentary | DP | 2000 | 95min
Hosted by Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Party’s Over hits the road during the 2000 presidential election with one restless, essential question: how much should anyone bother engaging with a two-party system? A cross-country expedition that’s part road movie, part political reckoning — and more relevant than ever.
THREE DAYS
Documentary | Director, DP | 1999 | 98min
A film about chaos, catharsis, and one of rock’s most volatile comebacks. Three Days documents Jane’s Addiction’scontroversial 1997 Relapse Tour alongside Flea and Cinque Lee (Mystery Train) — a raw, multi-media portrait of a band daring themselves to fall apart. Co-directed by Carter B. Smith and Kevin Ford. Premiered at Slamdance (1999).