---
name: "Robert Ford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-ford"
fi1m_id: "robert-ford"
imdb_id: "nm1913553"
tmdb_id: 1869410
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:39:28.236400+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Ford

## Identity

Robert Ford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-ford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-ford
- **IMDb ID:** nm1913553
- **TMDB ID:** 1869410
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1913553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1869410

Producer. Born in Wellington, South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1913553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1869410

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story*](https://film.one/film/super-man-the-christopher-reeve-story.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: imdb.com, pfangirl.com, footnotes.co.za, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story* (2024), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/super-man-the-christopher-reeve-story.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/super-man-the-christopher-reeve-story.md)
- *Equal Play* (2024), Producer
- *Final Account* (2021), Line Producer
- *Williams* (2017), Production Manager

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/robert-ford