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.
Lance Bangs has 141 screen credits in a career dating back to 1995. Their work is anchored in the Jackass universe with 7 titles. Signature works include Pavements, Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer, I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
