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Lance Bangs
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Lance Bangs

Director · Producer

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1972Born, Sacramento
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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

Where the Wild Things AreThanks
Jackass Presents: Bad GrandpaDirector of Photography
Jackass 3DWriter
Jackass Number TwoWriter
Jackass 3.5
2025PavementsProducer · Additional Photography · Second Unit DirectorMovie
2024Ceremony Rohnert Park: Live From HollywoodDirectorMovie
2024Eric André Live Near BroadwayDirectorMovie
2023Todd Barry: Domestic ShorthairDirectorMovie
2023The Elephant 6 Recording Co.ProducerMovie
2023Jay Larson: Sounds Like BruceDirectorMovie
2023History of the World: Part IILance · 1 episode · Director · 3 episodesShow
2022Alyssa Limperis: No Bad DaysDirectorMovie
2022Jackass 4.5CinematographyMovie
2022Moses Storm: Trash WhiteDirectorMovie
2021MilfordMechanicMovie
2019Michelle Wolf: Joke ShowDirectorMovie
2019David Cross: Oh Come OnDirectorMovie
2019Sonic Youth: Daydream NationDirector · ProducerMovie
2018Julian McCullough: Maybe I'm a ManExecutive ProducerMovie
2018Fred Armisen: Standup for DrummersDirectorMovie
2017Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'?DirectorMovie
2016Better ThingsDirector · 3 episodesShow
2016Hannibal Buress: Comedy CamisadoDirectorMovie
2015I'm Brent MorinDirectorMovie
2015Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul ScheerDirectorMovie
2015Bridget Everett: Gynecological WonderDirectorMovie
2015Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)DirectorMovie
2015Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff BetterDirectorMovie
2014Chelsea Peretti: One of the GreatsDirectorMovie
2014Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5CinematographyMovie
2014Her: The Untitled Rick Howard ProjectProducer · DirectorMovie
2014Breadcrumb TrailDirector · ProducerMovie
2014Todd Barry: The Crowd Work TourDirectorMovie
2014Her: Love in the Modern AgeDirector · ProducerMovie
2013Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy RoundtableDirectorMovie
2013Jackass Presents: Bad GrandpaDirector of Photography, Camera OperatorMovie
2013Marc Maron: Thinky PainDirectorMovie
2013John Hodgman: RAGNAROKDirectorMovie
2012All Noncombatants Please Clear the SetDirectorMovie
2012Loiter SquadExecutive Producer · 31 episodesShow
2011Inside PortlandiaDirector · ProducerMovie
2011Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving PlazaDirector · CinematographyMovie
2011Nirvana: Live at the ParamountEditorMovie
2011An Intimate Portrait of the Art of PuppeteeringDirectorMovie
2011Jackass 3.5Writer · CinematographyMovie
2011The Making of 'Jackass 3D'Director · ProducerMovie
2011PortlandiaLance Bangs · 1 episode · Director · 2 episodesShow
2010Jackass 3DWriterMovie
2010Maurice at the World's FairDirectorMovie
2010David Cross: Bigger and BlackererDirectorMovie
2010Ecstatic Peace ArchivesDirectorMovie
2010The Vampire AttackDocumentation & SupportMovie
2010The Lazarus EffectDirector · CinematographyMovie
2009Where the Wild Things AreThanksMovie
2009CollaboratorsDirectorMovie
2009Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice SendakDirector · Camera OperatorMovie
2009How to Blow Up a Helicopter (Ayako's Story)CinematographyMovie
2009Family PortraitDirector · Producer · Camera Operator · CinematographyMovie
2008The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal BallroomDirectorMovie
2008Passaic MosaicDirector · ProducerMovie
2008Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour TakeoverDirector of PhotographyMovie
2007The Making of 'Jackass 2.5'DirectorMovie
2006The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'Director · Producer · Camera OperatorMovie
2006Jackass Number TwoWriterMovie
2006September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block PartyProducerMovie
2006Death Cab for Cutie: DirectionsDirectorMovie
2005The Work of Director Mark RomanekCo-Producer · DirectorMovie
2005Jackass Presents: MurderballDirectorMovie
2005Screaming MasterpieceDirector of PhotographyMovie
2004Nirvana: With the Lights OutDirectorMovie
2004Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to SwallowDirector · Producer · CinematographyMovie
2004I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel GondryDirectorMovie
2004Sonic Youth: Corporate GhostProducerMovie
2003David Cross: Let America LaughDirectorMovie
2003The Work of Director Michel GondryDirector of PhotographyMovie
2003R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)DirectorMovie
2003The Work of Director Chris CunninghamDirectorMovie
2003The Work of Director Spike JonzeDirector of Photography · Director · ProducerMovie
2003Belle & Sebastian: Fans OnlyDirectorMovie
2003Jackass Backyard BBQAdditional CameraMovie
2002Pavement: Slow CenturyDirector · Editor · Producer · Director of PhotographyMovie
2002The Making of Jackass: The MovieCamera Operator · Director · Producer · EditorMovie
2002Run Ronnie RunGay Conspiracy TechnicianMovie

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