Lance Bangs
Directing
Born September 8, 1972 · Sacramento, California, USA
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.
Directed (62)
Ceremony Rohnert Park: Live From Hollywood
2024
Eric André Live Near Broadway
2024
Todd Barry: Domestic Shorthair
2023
Jay Larson: Sounds Like Bruce
2023
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
2022
Alyssa Limperis: No Bad Days
2022
Moses Storm: Trash White
2022
Michelle Wolf: Joke Show
2019
David Cross: Oh Come On
2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers
2018
Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'?
2017
Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado
2016
I'm Brent Morin
2015
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
2015
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
2015
Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)
2015
Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff Better
2015
Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats
2014
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
Breadcrumb Trail
2014
Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour
2014
Her: Love in the Modern Age
2014
Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy Roundtable
2013
Marc Maron: Thinky Pain
2013
John Hodgman: RAGNAROK
2013
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
Inside Portlandia
2011
Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza
2011
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering
2011
The Making of 'Jackass 3D'
2011
Maurice at the World's Fair
2010
David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer
2010
Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010
The Lazarus Effect
2010
Collaborators
2009
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
Family Portrait
2009
The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom
2008
Passaic Mosaic
2008
The Making of 'Jackass 2.5'
2007
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'
2006
Death Cab for Cutie: Directions
2006
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
Jackass Presents: Murderball
2005
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
2004
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
2004
I've Been Twelve Forever
2004
David Cross: Let America Laugh
2003
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
2003
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only
2003
Pavement: Slow Century
2002
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
2002
Green Day: International Supervideos!
2001
Jeff Mangum Live at Jittery Joe's
2001
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
2000
Pavement: Live In Seattle, 1999 & Live In Manchester, 1999
1999
Torrance Rises
1999
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996
Fugazi: Capitol Theater
1995
Acting (18)
Jackass 5
2026
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
2023
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
2023
Jackass 4.5
2022
Jackass Forever
2022
Milford
2021
At the Video Store
2019
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
Jackass 3.5
2011
Jackass 3D
2010
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
The Making of 'Jackass 2.5'
2007
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'
2006
Jackass Number Two
2006
Jackass: The Movie
2002
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
2002
Run Ronnie Run
2002
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
2000