Biography
Robert Ford is a South African documentary producer and filmmaker based in the United Kingdom. He emigrated from Wellington, South Africa, to the UK in 1997 at the age of 18 to study filmmaking. He began his career as a runner and progressed through roles including assistant editor, camera operator and production manager before focusing on producing documentaries.
Ford has produced or co-produced several notable documentaries, including Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024), The Deepest Breath (2023), Rising Phoenix (2020) and Citizen K (2019). He has also contributed to series such as Formula 1: Drive to Survive. His work has been distributed by Netflix, Warner Bros. and others, and screened at festivals including Sundance and Tribeca.
He has received multiple awards, including a BAFTA for Best Documentary for Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, a Producers Guild of America Award and two Emmy Awards for other projects.
