Lance Bangs

Lance Bangs

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.

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Movies Made by Lance Bangs (77)

Pavements (2025)

Additional Photography

Ceremony Rohnert Park: Live From Hollywood (2024)

Director

Eric André Live Near Broadway (2024)

Director

Todd Barry: Domestic Shorthair (2023)

Director

The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (2023)

Producer

Jay Larson: Sounds Like Bruce (2023)

Director

Luna Moth (Performance Film) (2022)

Camera Department Manager

Alyssa Limperis: No Bad Days (2022)

Director

Jackass 4.5 (2022)

Cinematography

Jackass Forever (2022)

Director Of Photography

Moses Storm: Trash White (2022)

Director

Michelle Wolf: Joke Show (2019)

Director

David Cross: Oh Come On (2019)

Director

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (2019)

Director

Julian McCullough: Maybe I'm a Man (2018)

Executive Producer

Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers (2018)

Director

Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'? (2017)

Director

Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado (2016)

Director

I'm Brent Morin (2015)

Director

Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer (2015)

Director

Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015)

Director

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

Director

Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff Better (2015)

Director

Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats (2014)

Director

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 (2014)

Cinematography

Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project (2014)

Director

Breadcrumb Trail (2014)

Director

Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour (2014)

Director

Her: Love in the Modern Age (2014)

Director

Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy Roundtable (2013)

Director

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)

Camera Operator

Marc Maron: Thinky Pain (2013)

Director

John Hodgman: RAGNAROK (2013)

Director

All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set (2012)

Director

Inside Portlandia (2011)

Director

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

Cinematography

Nirvana: Live at the Paramount (2011)

Editor

An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering (2011)

Director

Jackass 3.5 (2011)

Cinematography

The Making of 'Jackass 3D' (2011)

Director

Jackass 3D (2010)

Writer

David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer (2010)

Director

Ecstatic Peace Archives (2010)

Director

The Vampire Attack (2010)

Documentation & Support

The Lazarus Effect (2010)

Cinematography

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Thanks

Collaborators (2009)

Director

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)

Camera Operator

How to Blow Up a Helicopter (Ayako's Story) (2009)

Cinematography

Family Portrait (2009)

Camera Operator

The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom (2008)

Director

Passaic Mosaic (2008)

Director

Jackass: 24 Hour Takeover (2008)

Director Of Photography

The Making of 'Jackass Number Two' (2006)

Camera Operator

Jackass Number Two (2006)

Writer

Death Cab for Cutie: Directions (2006)

Director

The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005)

Co-Producer

Jackass Presents: Murderball (2005)

Director

Screaming Masterpiece (2005)

Director Of Photography

Nirvana: With the Lights Out (2004)

Director

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow (2004)

Cinematography

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

Director

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (2004)

Producer

David Cross: Let America Laugh (2003)

Director

The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)

Director Of Photography

The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003)

Director

Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only (2003)

Director

The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003)

Director

Jackass Backyard BBQ (2003)

Additional Camera

Pavement: Slow Century (2002)

Director

The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie' (2002)

Camera Operator

Green Day: International Supervideos! (2001)

Director

Jeff Mangum Live at Jittery Joe's (2001)

Director

An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving (2000)

Camera Operator

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

Director

Torrance Rises (1999)

Cinematography

R.E.M.: Rough Cut (1995)

Production Assistant

Movies starring Lance Bangs (16)

The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (2023)

Self

We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C. (2023)

Self

Jackass 4.5 (2022)

Self

Jackass Forever (2022)

Self

Milford (2021)

Mechanic

At the Video Store (2019)

Self

Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project (2014)

Self

Jackass 3.5 (2011)
Jackass 3D (2010)

Self

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)

Himself

The Making of 'Jackass Number Two' (2006)

Self (Uncredited)

Jackass Number Two (2006)

Self

Jackass: The Movie (2002)

Self

The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie' (2002)

Self

Run Ronnie Run (2002)

Gay Conspiracy Technician

An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving (2000)

Himself

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