Person
Lance Bangs
Directing · Born 1972-09-08 · Sacramento, California, USA
Biography
Lance Bangs (born September 8, 1972) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and music video director who has created videos for Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Green Day, the Arcade Fire, the Shins, The Thermals, Belle & Sebastian, Menomena, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, R.E.M., Mike Watt, Death Cab for Cutie, The Black Keys, Kanye West, and Pavement. He directed the David Cross film Let America Laugh. Bangs has also been heavily involved in the filming and production of MTV's Jackass television series and its subsequent movies.
Known for
Jackass: Best and Last
Self
Portlandia
Lance Bangs
Better Things
Director
History of the World: Part II
Lance
Jackass: The Movie
Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Thanks
Loiter Squad
Executive Producer
Jackass 4.5
Self
Jackass Forever
Self
Jackass 3D
Self
Filmography
- 2026Jackass: Best and LastSelf
- 2025PavementsProducer
- 2025Everybody's Live with John MulaneyThanks
- 2024Ceremony Rohnert Park: Live From HollywoodDirector
- 2024Eric André Live Near BroadwayDirector
- 2023Todd Barry: Domestic ShorthairDirector
- 2023The Elephant 6 Recording Co.Self
- 2023Jay Larson: Sounds Like BruceDirector
- 2023We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.Self
- 2023History of the World: Part IILance
- 2022Alyssa Limperis: No Bad DaysDirector
- 2022Jackass 4.5Self
- 2022Jackass ForeverSelf
- 2022Moses Storm: Trash WhiteDirector
- 2021MilfordMechanic
- 2019Michelle Wolf: Joke ShowDirector
- 2019At the Video StoreSelf
- 2019David Cross: Oh Come OnDirector
- 2019Sonic Youth: Daydream NationDirector
- 2018Filmed on Pixel 3Cinematography
- 2018Julian McCullough: Maybe I'm a ManExecutive Producer
- 2018Fred Armisen: Standup for DrummersDirector
- 2017Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'?Director
- 2016Better ThingsDirector
- 2016Hannibal Buress: Comedy CamisadoDirector
- 2015I'm Brent MorinDirector
- 2015Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul ScheerDirector
- 2015Bridget Everett: Gynecological WonderDirector
- 2015Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)Director
- 2015Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff BetterDirector
- 2014Chelsea Peretti: One of the GreatsDirector
- 2014Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5Cinematography
- 2014Her: The Untitled Rick Howard ProjectSelf
- 2014Breadcrumb TrailDirector
- 2014Todd Barry: The Crowd Work TourDirector
- 2014Her: Love in the Modern AgeDirector
- 2013Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy RoundtableDirector
- 2013Jackass Presents: Bad GrandpaDirector of Photography
- 2013Marc Maron: Thinky PainDirector
- 2013John Hodgman: RAGNAROKDirector
- 2012All Noncombatants Please Clear the SetDirector
- 2012Loiter SquadExecutive Producer
- 2011Inside PortlandiaProducer
- 2011Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving PlazaDirector
- 2011Nirvana: Live at the ParamountEditor
- 2011An Intimate Portrait of the Art of PuppeteeringDirector
- 2011Jackass 3.5
- 2011The Making of 'Jackass 3D'Director
- 2011PortlandiaLance Bangs
- 2010Jackass 3DSelf
- 2010Maurice at the World's FairDirector
- 2010David Cross: Bigger and BlackererDirector
- 2010Ecstatic Peace ArchivesDirector
- 2010The Vampire AttackDocumentation & Support
- 2010The Lazarus EffectDirector
- 2009Where the Wild Things AreThanks
- 2009CollaboratorsDirector
- 2009Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice SendakHimself
- 2009How to Blow Up a Helicopter (Ayako's Story)Cinematography
- 2009Family PortraitDirector
- 2008The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal BallroomDirector
- 2008Passaic MosaicProducer
- 2008Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour TakeoverDirector of Photography
- 2007The Making of 'Jackass 2.5'Self
- 2006The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'Self (uncredited)
- 2006Jackass Number TwoSelf
- 2006September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block PartyProducer
- 2006Death Cab for Cutie: DirectionsDirector
- 2005The Work of Director Mark RomanekCo-Producer
- 2005Jackass Presents: MurderballDirector
- 2005Screaming MasterpieceDirector of Photography
- 2004Nirvana: With the Lights OutDirector
- 2004Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to SwallowDirector
- 2004I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel GondryDirector
- 2004Sonic Youth: Corporate GhostProducer
- 2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002)Director
- 2003David Cross: Let America LaughDirector
- 2003The Work of Director Michel GondryDirector of Photography
- 2003R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)Director
- 2003The Work of Director Chris CunninghamDirector
- 2003The Work of Director Spike JonzeDirector of Photography
- 2003Belle & Sebastian: Fans OnlyDirector
- 2003Jackass Backyard BBQAdditional Camera
- 2002Jackass: The MovieSelf
- 2002Pavement: Slow CenturyDirector
- 2002The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'Self
- 2002Run Ronnie RunGay Conspiracy Technician
- 2001Green Day: International Supervideos!Director
- 2001Jeff Mangum Live at Jittery Joe'sDirector
- 2000An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background DrivingHimself
- 1999Pavement: Live In Seattle, 1999 & Live In Manchester, 1999Director
- 1999Torrance RisesDirector
- 1996New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on FilmDirector
- 1995Fugazi: Capitol TheaterDirector
- 1995R.E.M.: Rough CutProduction Assistant
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