Lance Bangs
Directing
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.
As actor 21
Jackass: Best and Last
2026
Portlandia
2011
History of the World: Part II
2023
Jackass: The Movie
2002
Jackass 3D
2010
Jackass Forever
2022
Jackass Number Two
2006
Jackass 4.5
2022
Jackass 3.5
2011
Run Ronnie Run
2002
Milford
2021
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
The Making of 'Jackass 3D'
2011
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
2023
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
2002
Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
The Making of 'Jackass 2.5'
2007
At the Video Store
2019
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'
2006
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
2000
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
2023
On the crew 88
Portlandia
2011
Better Things
2016
History of the World: Part II
2023
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
Loiter Squad
2012
Jackass 3D
2010
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2013
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
Jackass Number Two
2006
Jackass 4.5
2022
Pavements
2025
Jackass 3.5
2011
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
2014
Torrance Rises
1999
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2004
Collaborators
2009
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
Her: Love in the Modern Age
2014
Jackass Backyard BBQ
2003
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002)
2004
Inside Portlandia
2011
Breadcrumb Trail
2014
The Making of 'Jackass 3D'
2011
Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover
2008
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
2015
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995
David Cross: Oh Come On
2019
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
2023
Jackass Presents: Murderball
2005
Family Portrait
2009
Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy Roundtable
2013
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
2015
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
2002
Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party
2006
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
Green Day: International Supervideos!
2001
Passaic Mosaic
2008
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
2011
The Lazarus Effect
2010
Fugazi: Capitol Theater
1995
The Making of 'Jackass 2.5'
2007
Filmed on Pixel 3
2018
Death Cab for Cutie: Directions
2006
Michelle Wolf: Joke Show
2019
Marc Maron: Thinky Pain
2013
I'm Brent Morin
2015
Alyssa Limperis: No Bad Days
2022
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2003
Eric André Live Near Broadway
2024
John Hodgman: RAGNAROK
2013
The Vampire Attack
2010
Jay Larson: Sounds Like Bruce
2023
David Cross: Let America Laugh
2003
Julian McCullough: Maybe I'm a Man
2018
Moses Storm: Trash White
2022
Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado
2016
Pavement: Slow Century
2002
Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour
2014
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
2004
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
2004
The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom
2008
Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats
2014
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers
2018
Screaming Masterpiece
2005
Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
2003
Todd Barry: Domestic Shorthair
2023
David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer
2010
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'
2006
Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'?
2017
Pavement: Live In Seattle, 1999 & Live In Manchester, 1999
1999
Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only
2003
Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff Better
2015
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
How to Blow Up a Helicopter (Ayako's Story)
2009
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering
2011
Jeff Mangum Live at Jittery Joe's
2001
Maurice at the World's Fair
2010
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
2000
Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)
2015
Ceremony Rohnert Park: Live From Hollywood
2024
Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza
2011