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.
Full Filmography
Directing
Torrance Rises
(1999)
Director
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
(2000)
Director
Jeff Mangum Live at Jittery Joe's
(2001)
Director
Green Day: International Supervideos!
(2001)
Director
Pavement: Slow Century
(2002)
Director
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
(2002)
Director
David Cross: Let America Laugh
(2003)
Director
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
(2003)
Director
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
(2003)
Director
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
(2003)
Director
Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only
(2003)
Director
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
(2004)
Director
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
(2004)
Director
I've Been Twelve Forever
(2004)
Director
Jackass Presents: Murderball
(2005)
Director
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
(2005)
Director
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'
(2007)
Director
The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom
(2008)
Director
Passaic Mosaic
(2008)
Director
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
(2009)
Director
Collaborators
(2009)
Director
Family Portrait
(2009)
Director
David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer
(2010)
Director
The Lazarus Effect
(2010)
Director
Ecstatic Peace Archives
(2010)
Director
Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza
(2011)
Director
Inside Portlandia
(2011)
Director
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering
(2011)
Director
Making of Jackass 3D
(2011)
Director
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
(2012)
Director
Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy Roundtable
(2013)
Director
Marc Maron: Thinky Pain
(2013)
Director
John Hodgman: RAGNAROK
(2013)
Director
Her: Love in the Modern Age
(2014)
Director
Breadcrumb Trail
(2014)
Director
Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour
(2014)
Director
Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats
(2014)
Director
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
(2014)
Director
Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff Better
(2015)
Director
Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)
(2015)
Director
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
(2015)
Director
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
(2015)
Director
Brent Morin: I'm Brent Morin
(2015)
Director
Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado
(2016)
Director
Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'?
(2017)
Director
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers
(2018)
Director
Daydream Nation
(2019)
Director
David Cross: Oh Come On
(2019)
Director
Michelle Wolf: Joke Show
(2019)
Director
Moses Storm: Trash White
(2022)
Director
Alyssa Limperis: No Bad Days
(2022)
Director
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
(2022)
Director
Jay Larson: Sounds Like Bruce
(2023)
Director
Todd Barry: Domestic Shorthair
(2023)
Director
Ceremony Rohnert Park: Live From Hollywood
(2024)
Director
Acting
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
(2000)
Himself
Run Ronnie Run
(2002)
Gay Conspiracy Technician
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
(2002)
himself
Jackass: The Movie
(2002)
Self
Jackass Number Two
(2006)
Self
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'
(2007)
Himself
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
(2009)
Himself
Jackass 3D
(2010)
Self
Jackass 3.5
(2011)
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
(2014)
Self
At the Video Store
(2019)
Self
Milford
(2021)
Mechanic
Jackass Forever
(2022)
Self
Jackass 4.5
(2022)
Self
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
(2023)
Self
Production
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
(1995)
Production Assistant
Pavement: Slow Century
(2002)
Producer
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
(2002)
Producer
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
(2003)
Producer
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
(2004)
Producer
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
(2004)
Producer
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
(2005)
Co-Producer
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'
(2007)
Producer
Passaic Mosaic
(2008)
Producer
Family Portrait
(2009)
Producer
Inside Portlandia
(2011)
Producer
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
(2014)
Producer
Breadcrumb Trail
(2014)
Producer
Her: Love in the Modern Age
(2014)
Producer
Julian McCullough: Maybe I'm a Man
(2018)
Executive Producer
Daydream Nation
(2019)
Producer
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
(2022)
Producer
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
(2023)
Producer
Crew
Torrance Rises
(1999)
Cinematography
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
(2004)
Cinematography
How to Blow Up a Helicopter (Ayako's Story)
(2009)
Cinematography
Family Portrait
(2009)
Cinematography
Where the Wild Things Are
(2009)
Thanks
The Vampire Attack
(2010)
Documentation & Support
The Lazarus Effect
(2010)
Cinematography
Jackass 3.5
(2011)
Cinematography
Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza
(2011)
Cinematography
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
(2014)
Cinematography
Jackass Forever
(2022)
Cinematography
Jackass 4.5
(2022)
Cinematography
Editing
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
(2000)
Editor
Pavement: Slow Century
(2002)
Editor
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
(2002)
Editor
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
(2011)
Editor
Camera
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
(2000)
Camera Operator
Pavement: Slow Century
(2002)
Director of Photography
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
(2002)
Camera Operator
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
(2003)
Director of Photography
Jackass Backyard BBQ
(2003)
Additional Camera
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
(2003)
Director of Photography
Screaming Masterpiece
(2005)
Director of Photography
Jackass: 24 Hour Takeover
(2008)
Director of Photography
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
(2009)
Camera Operator
Family Portrait
(2009)
Camera Operator
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
(2013)
Director of Photography
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
(2022)
Camera Department Manager
Writing