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.
65 directing credits · 20 acting credits
Directing · 65
Portlandia
2011
History of the World: Part II
2023
Better Things
2016
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
2015
Her: Love in the Modern Age
2014
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
Inside Portlandia
2011
Green Day: International Supervideos!
2001
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set
2012
Nantucket Film Festival's 2nd Comedy Roundtable
2013
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
2002
Torrance Rises
1999
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder
2015
Death Cab for Cutie: Directions
2006
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'
2006
Passaic Mosaic
2008
The Lazarus Effect
2010
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
2004
I've Been Twelve Forever
2004
Todd Barry: Domestic Shorthair
2023
Luna Moth (Performance Film)
2022
Eric André Live Near Broadway
2024
Marc Maron: Thinky Pain
2013
Jackass Presents: Murderball
2005
Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats
2014
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers
2018
Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado
2016
The Making of 'Jackass 3D'
2011
The Making of 'Jackass 2.5'
2007
Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour
2014
David Cross: Let America Laugh
2003
Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)
2015
Pavement: Live In Seattle, 1999 & Live In Manchester, 1999
1999
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
2003
Breadcrumb Trail
2014
Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'?
2017
John Hodgman: RAGNAROK
2013
Pavement: Slow Century
2002
Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only
2003
Michelle Wolf: Joke Show
2019
I'm Brent Morin
2015
David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer
2010
Collaborators
2009
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
2004
Ceremony Rohnert Park: Live From Hollywood
2024
The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom
2008
Jay Larson: Sounds Like Bruce
2023
Moses Storm: Trash White
2022
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
2000
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Jeff Mangum Live at Jittery Joe's
2001
Sting: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza
2011
Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff Better
2015
Maurice at the World's Fair
2010
David Cross: Oh Come On
2019
Alyssa Limperis: No Bad Days
2022
Family Portrait
2009
Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010
Fugazi: Capitol Theater
1995
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering
2011
Acting · 20
Portlandia
2011
History of the World: Part II
2023
Jackass: The Movie
2002
Jackass Number Two
2006
Jackass Forever
2022
Jackass: Best and Last
2026
Jackass 4.5
2022
Jackass 3D
2010
Run Ronnie Run
2002
Jackass 3.5
2011
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
At the Video Store
2019
The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'
2002
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
The Making of 'Jackass Number Two'
2006
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
2023
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
2023
The Making of 'Jackass 2.5'
2007
Milford
2021
An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving
2000