Jeffrey Ford, ACE, was born in Novato, California, and attended high school in Troutdale, Oregon. He went on to graduate from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television in Los Angeles with a degree in Cinema-Television Production.
Ford began his professional filmmaking career in 1994, working as an editorial assistant on James Gray's debut feature film, Little Odessa. He then worked as an assistant editor on several feature films, including the Academy Award-nominated As Good as It Gets for editor Richard Marks and director James L. Brooks.
Ford's first solo feature as editor was The Yards for director James Grey, which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. He went on to edit Teddy Bears' Picnic for Harry Shearer, One Hour Photo for Mark Romanek, Hide and Seek for John Polson, The Family Stone for Thomas Bezucha, and Street Kings for David Ayer.
He also edited Shattered Glass and Breach for director Billy Ray, and co-edited Public Enemies for director Michael Mann with Paul Rubell. In 2011, he teamed with Bezucha again for Monte Carlo.
At Marvel Studios, Ford co-edited Captain America: The First Avenger with Robert Dalva for director Joe Johnston, Iron Man Three with Peter S. Elliot for Shane Black, and The Avengers with Lisa Lassek for director Joss Whedon. For Joe and Anthony Russo, he co-edited Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame with Matthew Schmidt.
In 2019, he returned to work with Thomas Bezucha on Let Him Go, starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane. He edited the Showtime mini-series The Comey Rule about the 2016 presidential election for Billy Ray.
Jeffrey Ford recently completed editing Spider-Man: No Way Home for director Jon Watts.
