Lance Bangs

Lance Bangs

Known for
Directing
Born
September 8, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2025
Pavements poster

Pavements

Movie · Second Unit Director

2024
Ceremony Rohnert Park: Live From Hollywood poster

Ceremony Rohnert Park: Live From Hollywood

Movie · Director

2024
Eric André Live Near Broadway poster

Eric André Live Near Broadway

Movie · Director

2023
Todd Barry: Domestic Shorthair poster

Todd Barry: Domestic Shorthair

Movie · Director

2023
Jay Larson: Sounds Like Bruce poster

Jay Larson: Sounds Like Bruce

Movie · Director

2023
History of the World: Part II poster

History of the World: Part II

TV · Director · 3 eps

2022
Alyssa Limperis: No Bad Days poster

Alyssa Limperis: No Bad Days

Movie · Director

2022
Moses Storm: Trash White poster

Moses Storm: Trash White

Movie · Director

2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation poster

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

Movie · Director

2019
David Cross: Oh Come On poster

David Cross: Oh Come On

Movie · Director

2019
Michelle Wolf: Joke Show poster

Michelle Wolf: Joke Show

Movie · Director

2018
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers poster

Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers

Movie · Director

2017
Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'? poster

Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'?

Movie · Director

2016
Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado poster

Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado

Movie · Director

2016
Better Things poster

Better Things

TV · Director · 3 eps

2015
Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff Better poster

Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff Better

Movie · Director

2015
Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine) poster

Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)

Movie · Director

2015
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer poster

Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer

Movie · Director

2015
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder poster

Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder

Movie · Director

2015
I'm Brent Morin poster

I'm Brent Morin

Movie · Director

2014
Her: Love in the Modern Age poster

Her: Love in the Modern Age

Movie · Director

2014
Breadcrumb Trail poster

Breadcrumb Trail

Movie · Director

2014
Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour poster

Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour

Movie · Director

2014
Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats poster

Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats

Movie · Director

2014
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project poster

Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project

Movie · Director

2013
Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy Roundtable

Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy Roundtable

Movie · Director

2013
Marc Maron: Thinky Pain poster

Marc Maron: Thinky Pain

Movie · Director

2013
John Hodgman: RAGNAROK poster

John Hodgman: RAGNAROK

Movie · Director

2012
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set poster

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set

Movie · Director

2011
The Making of 'Jackass 3D' poster

The Making of 'Jackass 3D'

Movie · Director

2011
Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza

Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza

Movie · Director

2011
Inside Portlandia

Inside Portlandia

Movie · Director

2011
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering

An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering

Movie · Director

2011
Portlandia poster

Portlandia

TV · Director · 2 eps

2010
David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer poster

David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer

Movie · Director

2010
Ecstatic Peace Archives

Ecstatic Peace Archives

Movie · Director

2010
The Lazarus Effect poster

The Lazarus Effect

Movie · Director

2010
Maurice at the World's Fair

Maurice at the World's Fair

Movie · Director

2009
Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak poster

Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak

Movie · Director

2009
Collaborators

Collaborators

Movie · Director

2009
Family Portrait

Family Portrait

Movie · Director

2008
The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom poster

The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom

Movie · Director

2008
Passaic Mosaic poster

Passaic Mosaic

Movie · Director

2007
The Making of 'Jackass 2.5' poster

The Making of 'Jackass 2.5'

Movie · Director

2006
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two' poster

The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'

Movie · Director

2006
Death Cab for Cutie: Directions poster

Death Cab for Cutie: Directions

Movie · Director

2005
Jackass Presents: Murderball poster

Jackass Presents: Murderball

Movie · Director

2005
The Work of Director Mark Romanek poster

The Work of Director Mark Romanek

Movie · Director

2004
Nirvana: With the Lights Out poster

Nirvana: With the Lights Out

Movie · Director

2004
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow poster

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow

Movie · Director

2004
I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry poster

I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry

Movie · Director

2003
David Cross: Let America Laugh poster

David Cross: Let America Laugh

Movie · Director

2003
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham poster

The Work of Director Chris Cunningham

Movie · Director

2003
The Work of Director Spike Jonze poster

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

Movie · Director

2003
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) poster

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

Movie · Director

2003
Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only poster

Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only

Movie · Director

2002
Pavement: Slow Century poster

Pavement: Slow Century

Movie · Director

2002
The Making of Jackass: The Movie poster

The Making of Jackass: The Movie

Movie · Director

2001
Jeff Mangum Live at Jittery Joe's

Jeff Mangum Live at Jittery Joe's

Movie · Director

2001
Green Day: International Supervideos! poster

Green Day: International Supervideos!

Movie · Director

2000
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving poster

An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving

Movie · Director

1999
Torrance Rises poster

Torrance Rises

Movie · Director

1999
Pavement: Live In Seattle, 1999 & Live In Manchester, 1999 poster

Pavement: Live In Seattle, 1999 & Live In Manchester, 1999

Movie · Director

1996
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film poster

New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film

Movie · Director

1995
Fugazi: Capitol Theater poster

Fugazi: Capitol Theater

Movie · Director