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Lance Bangs (born September 4, 1972)^[1] is an American filmmaker and music video director. He directed theDavid Cross filmLet America Laugh. Bangs has also been heavily involved in the filming and production ofMTV'sJackass television series and its subsequent movies.

Bangs was born inSacramento,California. He foundedFlicker Film Festival, a series of Super8mm and 16mm film screenings, while in Athens, Georgia, in 1990 along withMichael Lachowski and Angie Grass.^[2]

He has created videos forSonic Youth,Nirvana,Neutral Milk Hotel,Green Day,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,Odd Future,Pavement, andGeorge Harrison.^{[citation needed]}

As a commercial director he has worked withUnited Parcel Service,Nike, Subway,Rock Band andVolvo for several campaigns, including the Titanium Lion-winning campaign for Volvo's "Life on Board Project" campaign from the 2005Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.^[3]

He produced DVDs for theDirectors Label Series, covering the work ofChris Cunningham,Michel Gondry,Spike Jonze,Mark Romanek,Stéphane Sednaoui,Jonathan Glazer andAnton Corbijn. He has also been involved withSpike Jonze on a number of occasions, being a cameraman/vegetarian forJackass: The Movie,Jackass Number Two,Jackass 2.5,Jackass 3D,Jackass 3.5,Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5,Jackass Forever, andJackass 4.5. He also was a part of theJackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover, filming behind the scenes material. In 2009, they were shortlisted for anAcademy Award for "Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak".^[4]

He has aired an ongoing series of short (often music-related) documentaries on VBS.TV since 2007 in the form of his show "Bangs". He also hosts a show onViceland called Flophouse.

Bangs is married toCorin Tucker ofSleater-Kinney^[5] and together they have two children. He has performed musically as well, both with his wife and with Canadian indie rock groupThe Dudes. There were plans for a west coast summer 2009 tour, billed as Lance Bangs w/ The Dudes.

• "I Can't Stand It Anymore" byFive-Eight (1993)
• "Tonight I'm Gonna Destroy This World" byFive-Eight (1993)
• "Coupleskate" byJoe Christmas (1994)
• "The Diamond Sea" bySonic Youth (1995)
• "Game of Pricks" byGuided By Voices (1995)
• "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" byMoby (1996)
• "Capital A" byLois (1996)
• "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" byR.E.M. (1996)
• "New Test Leper" byR.E.M. (1996)
• "Stay" by60 ft. Dolls (1996)
• "Busy Child" byCrystal Method (1997)
• "Kid in Candy" byThe Spinanes (1997)
• "Dirty Dream Number Two" byBelle & Sebastian (1998)
• "Praise You" byFatboy Slim (1999) (Camera Operator)
• "Spit on a Stranger" byPavement (1999)
• "Carrot Rope" byPavement (1999)
• "Major Leagues" byPavement (1999)
• "Major Leagues (Wrestling Version)" byPavement (1999)
• "Let It Snow" byLuscious Jackson (1999)
• "Last Ride In" byGreen Day (1999)
• "The Wrong Girl" byBelle & Sebastian (2000)
• "The Time of Your Life" byThe Yo-Yos (2000)
• "Hewlett's Daughter" byGrandaddy (2000)
• "New Slang" byThe Shins (2001)
• "Know Your Onion!" byThe Shins (2002)
• "Commerce, TX" byBen Kweller (2002)
• "We Want Fun" byAndrew W.K. (2002)
• "The Hardest Button to Button" byThe White Stripes (director of photography) (2003)
• "No Culture Icons" byThe Thermals (2003)
• "Tied a Reed 'Round My Waist" byMike Watt (2005)
• "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" byArcade Fire (2005)
• "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" byArcade Fire (with Josh Deu)(2005)
• "Heard 'Em Say" byKanye West (director of photography) (2005)
• "Talking Like Turnstiles" byDeath Cab for Cutie (2005)
• "Wet and Rusting" byMenomena (2007)
• "Down Boy" byYeah Yeah Yeahs (2007)
• "10x10" byYeah Yeah Yeahs (2007)
• "Rockers To Swallow" byYeah Yeah Yeahs (2007)
• "Isis" byYeah Yeah Yeahs (2007)
• "Kiss, Kiss" byYeah Yeah Yeahs (2007)
• "Declare Independence" byBjörk (cinematographer) (2007)
• "Strange Times" byThe Black Keys (2008)
• "Karaoke" byT-Pain (director of photography) (2008)
• "Now We Can See" byThe Thermals (director) (2009)
• "Oldie" byOFWGKTA (director) (2012)
• "Biker Gone" byKim Deal (2014)
• "Hopeless" byScreaming Females (director) (2015)
• "Dope Cloud" byProtomartyr (director) (2016)
• "I'll Make You Sorry" byScreaming Females (director) (2018)
• "Everybody Needs You" byLaura Veirs (director) (2018)
• "My Sweet Lord (2020 Mix)" byGeorge Harrison (writer and director) (2021)^[6][7]
• "Roman Candles" byDeath Cab for Cutie (2022)
• "Here to Forever" byDeath Cab for Cutie (2022)
• "Fantastic" byJoe Strummer (2022)
• "Luna Moth" byMaya Hawke (director and producer) (2022)
• "Pages" byWhite Reaper (2022)

• Green Day: European Tour Fiasco (director) (1996)
• "Jeff Mangum: Starlit Crypt" (director) (1997)
• Pavement: Slow Century (co-director) (2002)
• Let America Laugh (director, producer, director of photography) (2003)
• The Hives: Live on The Sunset Strip (director, producer, director of photography) (2003)
• Corporate Ghost (director) (2004)
• With the Lights Out (producer, director, editor) (2004)
• Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow (director, producer,cinematographer) (2004)
• September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party (director, producer,cinematographer) (2005)
• Ohio Players (director, producer,cinematographer) (2005)
• Broken Music (director,cinematographer) (2005)
• Inside the Mind of Michel Gondry (producer) (2005)
• Glasslands (director, producer,cinematographer) (2007)
• Deitch Projects Art Parade (director, producer) (2007)
• The Gossip Live in Liverpool (director, producer, cinematographer) (2007)
• Gather 'Round Now (director, producer,cinematographer) (2007)
• Passaic Mosaic (director, producer,cinematographer) (2008)
• Impossible Situation Getaway: The Making of Be Kind Rewind (director, producer, cinematographer) (2008)
• Booker T & The Michel Gondry (director, producer,cinematographer) (2008)
• Black Keys: Live at the Crystal Ballroom (producer, director) (2008)
• Death Cab For Cutie: Live at the Hall of Justice (producer, director) (2008)
• David Cross: Bigger & Blackerer (director,cinematographer) (2010)
• LCD Soundsystem atMadison Square Garden (tour visuals) (2011)^[8]

• Being John Malkovich (documentarian) (1999)
• Torrance Rises (director, director of photography) (1999)
• Run Ronnie Run (documentarian) (2001)
• Adaptation. (documentarian) (2002)
• Jackass: The Movie (camera operator) (2002)
• "Exile on Main St. (tour visuals)" forThe Rolling Stones (2002)
• "Some Girls (tour visuals)" forThe Rolling Stones (2002)
• "Let America Laugh (documentarian) (2003)
• "Sweet Emotion (tour visuals)" forAerosmith (2003)
• "I've Been Twelve Forever" (director) (2003)Directors Label
• "NotNa" (director) (2005)Directors Label
• Screaming Masterpiece (cinematographer) (2005)
• Unknown White Male (cinematographer) (2005)
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party (camera operator, 2nd unit director of photography) (2006)
• Jackass Number Two (camera operator) (2006)
• Jackass 2.5 (camera operator) (2007)
• Be Kind, Rewind (documentarian) (2008)
• Where the Wild Things Are (documentarian) (2009)
• Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (director) (2009)^[9]
• "Family Portrait" (director) (2009)
• How To Blow Up A Helicopter (Ayako's Story) (cinematographer) (2009)
• Collaborators (director) (2009)^[10]
• PAUL (documentarian) (2010)
• The Lazarus Effect (director) (2010)
• I'm Here (behind the scenes documentarian) (2010)
• Jackass 3D (camera operator) (2010)
• Jackass 3.5 (camera operator) (2011)
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (camera operator) (2013)
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 (camera operator) (2014)
• Breadcrumb Trail (2014)
• Jackass Forever (camera operator) (2022)
• Jackass 4.5 (camera operator, co-executive producer) (2022)

• Jackass (camera operator) (2000-2001)
• Sonic Youth Video Dose (director) (2004)
• Nirvana: With The Lights Out (produced/directed) (2004)
• Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover (behind the scenes documentarian) (2008)
• HBO First Look: Where the Wild Things Are (director, producer) (2009)
• Loiter Squad (executive producer) (2012-2014)
• The Greatest Event in Television History (director) (2012-2014)
• Portlandia
  • "Winter in Portlandia" (actor) (2012)
  • "4th of July" (actor) (2015)
  • "Abracadabra" (director) (2018)
• The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (director) (2014–2016)
• Flophouse (creator, presenter) (2016)
• I Don't Belong Here (director) (2022)
• The Prank Panel (cameraman, behind-the-scenes producer) (2023)

• John Hodgman: Ragnarok (director) (2013)^[11][12]
• Marc Maron: Thinky Pain (director) (2013)^[13]
• Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats (Netflix) (director) (2014)
• Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour (director) (2014)^[14]
• Brent Morin: I'm Brent Morin (Netflix) (director) (2015)^[15]
• Hannibal Burress: Comedy Camisado (director) (2016)^[16]
• Fred Armisen: Standup For Drummers (Netflix) (director) (2018)
• David Cross: Oh Come On (Netflix) (director) (2019)
• Brandon Wardell: Summer 2019 (LEAKED EPIC STANDUP COMEDY SET) (GONE SEXUAL?!?) (director) (2021)^[17]
• Michelle Wolf: Joke Show (Netflix) (director) (2019)

• Official website
• Lance Bangs atIMDb
• Jackassworld (now Dickhouse Productions)

• Film producers from California
• American television directors
• Television producers from California
• American music video directors
• Artists from Sacramento, California
• 1972 births
• Living people
• People from Athens, Georgia
• Film directors from California
• Film directors from Georgia (U.S. state)
• Television producers from Georgia (U.S. state)

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