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