Lance Bangs

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Lance Bangs (born September 4, 1972 in Sacramento, California) is a documentary filmmaker and music video director, who has created videos for Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Green Day, the Arcade Fire, the Shins, Belle & Sebastian, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, R.E.M., Mike Watt, Death Cab for Cutie, Kanye West, and Pavement. He directed the David Cross film Let America Laugh. He has also been involved with Spike Jonze on a number of occasions, recently being one of the cameramen for the Jackass sequel.

Bangs is married to Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney and together they have one child, Marshall Tucker-Bangs.

Contents 1 Filmography 1.1 Music videos 1.2 Video 1.3 Film 1.4 Television 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Music videos

• "I Can't Stand it Anymore" by Five-Eight (1993)
• "Tonight I'm Gonna Destroy This World" by Five-Eight (1993)
• "Coupleskate" by Joe Christmas (1994)
• "The Diamond Sea" by Sonic Youth (1995)
• "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" by Moby (1996)
• "Capital A" by Lois (1996)
• "How the West Was Won And Where It Got Us" by R.E.M. (1996)
• "New Test Leper" by R.E.M. (1996)
• "Stay" by 60 ft Dolls (1996)
• "Busy Child" by Crystal Method (1997)
• "Kid in Candy" by The Spinanes (1997)
• "Dirty Dream Number Two" by Belle & Sebastian (1998)
• "Spit on a Stranger" by Pavement (1999)
• "Carrot Rope" by Pavement (1999)
• "Major Leagues" by Pavement (1999)
• "Major Leagues (Wrestling Version)" by Pavement (1999)
• "Last Ride In" by Green Day (1999)
• "The Wrong Girl" by Belle & Sebastian (2000)
• "The Time Of Your Life" by The Yo-Yos (2000)
• "Hewlett's Daughter" by Grandaddy (2000)
• "New Slang" by The Shins (2001)
• "Know Your Onion!" by The Shins (2002)
• "Commerce, TX" by Ben Kweller (2002)
• "The Hardest Button to Button" by White Stripes (director of photography)(2003)
• "No Culture Icons" by The Thermals (2003)
• "Tied A Reed 'Round My Waist" by Mike Watt (2005)
• "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" by The Arcade Fire (2005)
• "Heard 'Em Say" by Kanye West (director of photography)(2005)
• "Talking Like Turnstiles" by Death Cab For Cutie (2005)

[edit] Video

• Green Day: European Tour Fiasco] (director) (1996)
• "Jeff Mangum: Starlit Crypt" (director) (1997)
• 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 (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)

[edit] Film

• Jesus of Suburbia (director) (1990)
• Hit the Ground (director) (1991)
• Lipstick Chunks: My Own Smeared Way (director) (1992)
• Parking Lots (director) (1994)
• 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, documentarian) (2002)
• "Exile on Main St. (tour visuals)" for The Rolling Stones (2002)
• "Some Girls (tour visuals)" for The Rolling Stones (2002)
• "Sweet Emotion (tour visuals)" for Aerosmith (2003)
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party (camera operator, 2nd unit director of photography) (2006)
• Jackass: Number Two (camera operator, documentarian) (2006)
• Where the Wild Things Are (documentarian) (pre-production) (2008)

[edit] Television

• Jackass (camera operator) (2000)
• Sonic Youth Video Dose (director) (2004)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• lancebangs.com - Lance Bangs website
• Lance Bangs at the Internet Movie Database
• nytimes.com - New York Times biography

Jackass
Main Cast
Johnny Knoxville | Bam Margera | Steve-O | Chris Pontius | Ryan Dunn | Jason "Wee Man" Acuña | Preston Lacy | Dave England | Ehren McGhehey
Supporting Cast
Brandon DiCamillo | Theodore "Rake Yohn" Webb | Chris "Raab Himself" Raab | Phil Margera | April Margera | Jess Margera | Don Vito | Manny Puig
Crew
Jeff Tremaine | Spike Jonze | Dimitry Elyashkevich | Rick Kosick | Lance Bangs
Television shows
Jackass | Wildboyz | Viva La Bam | Homewrecker
Films
Jackass: The Movie (stunts) | Jackass Number Two (stunts)
Miscellaneous
Big Brother | Corona | CKY Crew | CKY Videos | Gnarkill | Radio Bam | Haggard: The Movie v • d • e