Lance Bangs

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.

Directed

1. Better Things (2016) — Director
2. Portlandia (2011) — Director
3. Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats (2014) — Director
4. Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado (2016) — Director
5. History of the World: Part II (2023) — Director
6. Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine) (2015) — Director
7. Michelle Wolf: Joke Show (2019) — Director
8. Marc Maron: Thinky Pain (2013) — Director
9. Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin'? (2017) — Director
10. Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers (2018) — Director
11. I'm Brent Morin (2015) — Director
12. The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003) — Director
13. The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003) — Director
14. Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour (2014) — Director
15. David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer (2010) — Director
16. Breadcrumb Trail (2014) — Director
17. David Cross: Let America Laugh (2003) — Director
18. Nirvana: With the Lights Out (2004) — Director
19. John Hodgman: RAGNAROK (2013) — Director
20. Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer (2015) — Director
21. I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2004) — Director
22. Kyle Kinane: I Liked His Old Stuff Better (2015) — Director
23. The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005) — Director
24. Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009) — Director
25. Pavement: Slow Century (2002) — Director
26. Torrance Rises (1999) — Director
27. David Cross: Oh Come On (2019) — Director
28. Her: Love in the Modern Age (2014) — Director
29. The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie' (2002) — Director
30. Belle & Sebastian: Fans Only (2003) — Director
31. Green Day: International Supervideos! (2001) — Director
32. The Lazarus Effect (2010) — Director
33. Moses Storm: Trash White (2022) — Director
34. The Making of 'Jackass Number Two' (2006) — Director
35. Jackass Presents: Murderball (2005) — Director
36. Eric André Live Near Broadway (2024) — Director
37. The Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom (2008) — Director
38. Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project (2014) — Director
39. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow (2004) — Director
40. Todd Barry: Domestic Shorthair (2023) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Jackass: The Movie (2002) — Self
2. Jackass 3D (2010) — Self
3. Jackass Number Two (2006) — Self
4. Jackass Forever (2022) — Self
5. Jackass 3.5 (2011)
6. Jackass 4.5 (2022) — Self
7. Portlandia (2011) — Lance Bangs
8. History of the World: Part II (2023) — Lance
9. Run Ronnie Run (2002) — Gay Conspiracy Technician
10. Jackass: Best and Last (2026) — Self
11. Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009) — Himself
12. The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie' (2002) — Self
13. The Making of 'Jackass Number Two' (2006) — Self (uncredited)
14. Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project (2014) — Self
15. The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (2023) — Self
16. An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Background Driving (2000) — Himself
17. At the Video Store (2019) — Self
18. We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C. (2023) — Self
19. The Making of 'Jackass 3D' (2011) — Self
20. Milford (2021) — Mechanic
21. The Making of 'Jackass 2.5' (2007) — Self