Lance Bangs (born September 4, 1972) is an American filmmaker and music video director. He directed the David Cross film '' Let America Laugh''. Bangs has also been heavily involved in the filming and production of

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's ''Jackass'' television series and its subsequent movies.

Life and career

Bangs was born in

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. He founded ''Flicker Film Festival'', a series of Super8mm and 16mm film screenings, while in Athens, Georgia, in 1990 along with Michael Lachowski and Angie Grass. He has created videos for

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Arcade Fire Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, and Jeremy Gara. The band's touring line-up includes former core ...

, The Shins, The Thermals, Belle & Sebastian, Menomena,

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, R.E.M., Mike Watt,

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, Pavement, and

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. As a commercial director he has worked with

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, Nike, Subway,

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and

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for several campaigns, including the Titanium Lion-winning campaign for Volvo's "Life on Board Project" campaign from the 2005 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. He produced DVDs for the Directors Label Series, covering the work of Chris Cunningham,

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Spike Jonze Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (), is an American Filmmaking, filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze ...

Mark Romanek Mark Lee Romanek (; born September 18, 1959) is an American film, music video and commercial director and photographer. He is best known for directing the films ''One Hour Photo'' (2002) and ''Never Let Me Go (2010 film), Never Let Me Go'' (2010) ...

, Stéphane Sednaoui, Jonathan Glazer and Anton Corbijn. He has also been involved with

on a number of occasions, being a cameraman/vegetarian for '' Jackass: The Movie'', '' Jackass Number Two'', '' Jackass 2.5'', ''

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'', '' Jackass 3.5'', '' Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa'', '' Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5'', '' Jackass Forever'', and '' Jackass 4.5''. He also was a part of the '' Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover'', filming behind the scenes material. In 2009, they were shortlisted for an

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for "Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak". 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 on

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called Flophouse. Bangs is married to Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney and together they have two children. He has performed musically as well, both with his wife and with Canadian indie rock group The Dudes. There were plans for a west coast summer 2009 tour, billed as Lance Bangs w/ The Dudes.

Selected filmography

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

(1995) *" Game of Pricks" by

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(1995) *" That's When I Reach for My Revolver" by

Moby Richard Melville Hall (September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "amo ...

(1996) *"Capital A" by

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(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

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(1997) *"Dirty Dream Number Two" by Belle & Sebastian (1998) *" Praise You" by

Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known as Fatboy Slim, is an English musician and DJ who helped popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. His music makes extensive use of Sampling (music), samples from eclectic ...

(1999) (Camera Operator) *" Spit on a Stranger" by Pavement (1999) *" Carrot Rope" by Pavement (1999) *" Major Leagues" by Pavement (1999) *"Major Leagues (Wrestling Version)" by Pavement (1999) *" Let It Snow" by Luscious Jackson (1999) *" Last Ride In" by

(1999) *" The Wrong Girl" by Belle & Sebastian (2000) *" The Time of Your Life" by The Yo-Yos (2000) *" Hewlett's Daughter" by

Grandaddy Grandaddy is an American indie rock band from Modesto, California, Modesto, California. The group was formed in 1992, and featured Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Kevin Garcia and Tim Dryden, until Garcia's death in 2017 following a ...

(2000) *" New Slang" by The Shins (2001) *" Know Your Onion!" by The Shins (2002) *" Commerce, TX" by Ben Kweller (2002) *"We Want Fun" by Andrew W.K. (2002) *" The Hardest Button to Button" by

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(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

(2005) *" Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" by

(with Josh Deu)(2005) *" Heard 'Em Say" by

(director of photography) (2005) *"Talking Like Turnstiles" by

(2005) *" Wet and Rusting" by Menomena (2007) *" Down Boy" by

(2007) *"10x10" by

(2007) *"Rockers To Swallow" by

(2007) *"Isis" by

(2007) *"Kiss, Kiss" by

(2007) *" Declare Independence" by

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(cinematographer) (2007) *" Strange Times" by

(2008) *" Karaoke" by

T-Pain Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), known professionally as T-Pain, is an American singer and rapper. He is known for popularizing creative use of Auto-Tune pitch correction, often used with extreme parameter settings to create electro ...

(director of photography) (2008) *" Now We Can See" by The Thermals (director) (2009) *" Oldie" by OFWGKTA (director) (2012) *"Biker Gone" by

Kim Deal Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American musician. She was the original bassist and co-vocalist in the alternative rock band the Pixies (band), Pixies from 1986 to 1993 and again from 2004 to 2013. She is the frontwoman of the Bre ...

(2014) *"Hopeless" by

Screaming Females Screaming Females were an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey comprising Marissa Paternoster on vocals and guitar, Jarrett Dougherty on drums, and Mike Abbate on bass. They released their debut album ''Baby Teeth (Screaming Females a ...

(director) (2015) *"Dope Cloud" by Protomartyr (director) (2016) *"I'll Make You Sorry" by

(director) (2018) *"Everybody Needs You" by

Laura Veirs Laura Pauline Veirs (born October 24, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She is known for her folk and alternative country records and live performances as well as her collaboration with Neko Case and k.d. lang o ...

(director) (2018) *" My Sweet Lord (2020 Mix)" by

(writer and director) (2021) *"Roman Candles" by

(2022) *"Here to Forever" by

(2022) *"Fantastic" by

Joe Strummer John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist, and lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash, formed in 1976. The Clash' ...

(2022) *"Luna Moth" by

Maya Hawke Maya Ray Thurman Hawke (born July 8, 1998) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of Hollywood actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. She began her career in modeling, and subsequently made her screen debut as Jo March in ...

(director and producer) (2022) *"Pages" by White Reaper (2022)

Video

*''

: European Tour Fiasco'' (director) (1996) *"

Jeff Mangum Jeffrey Nye Mangum (born 24 October 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who gained prominence as the founder, songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of Neutral Milk Hotel, as well for his co-founding of The Elephant 6 Recording Comp ...

: 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 '' With the Lights Out'' is a box set by the American rock band Nirvana, released on November 23, 2004. It contains three CDs and one DVD of previously rare or unreleased material, including B-sides, demos, and rehearsal and live recordings. T ...

'' (producer, director, editor) (2004) *'' Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow'' (director, producer,

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

) (2004) *''September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party'' (director, producer,

) (2005) *''

Ohio Players Ohio Players are an American funk band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their songs "Fire" and " Love Rollercoaster", and for their erotic album covers that featured nude or nearly nude women. Many of the women were models f ...

'' (director, producer,

) (2005) *''Broken Music'' (director,

) (2005) *''Inside the Mind of Michel Gondry'' (producer) (2005) *''Glasslands'' (director, producer,

) (2007) *''Deitch Projects Art Parade'' (director, producer) (2007) *'' The Gossip Live in Liverpool'' (director, producer, cinematographer) (2007) *''Gather 'Round Now'' (director, producer,

) (2007) *''Passaic Mosaic'' (director, producer,

) (2008) *''Impossible Situation Getaway: The Making of Be Kind Rewind'' (director, producer, cinematographer) (2008) *''Booker T & The Michel Gondry'' (director, producer,

) (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,

) (2010) *''

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'' (tour visuals) (2011)

Film

*''

Being John Malkovich ''Being John Malkovich'' is a 1999 American surrealist fantasy comedy drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, both making their feature film debut. The film stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener, wit ...

'' (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)" for

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(2002) *" Some Girls (tour visuals)" for

(2002) *" Let America Laugh'' (documentarian) (2003) *" Sweet Emotion (tour visuals)" for

Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry and B ...

(2003) *"I've Been Twelve Forever" (director) (2003) Directors Label *"NotNa" (director) (2005) Directors Label *'' Screaming Masterpiece'' (

) (2005) *'' Unknown White Male'' (

) (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) *"Family Portrait" (director) (2009) * How To Blow Up A Helicopter (Ayako's Story) (cinematographer) (2009) *''Collaborators'' (director) (2009) *'' PAUL'' (documentarian) (2010) *'' The Lazarus Effect'' (director) (2010) *'' I'm Here'' (behind the scenes documentarian) (2010) *''

'' (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)

Television

*'' 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 Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'', a 1972 Soviet drama ...

" (actor) (2015) ** "

Abracadabra ''Abracadabra'' is a magic word, historically used as an Apotropaic magic, apotropaic incantation on amulets and common today in stage magic. The actual origin is unknown, but one of the first appearances of the word was in a second-century work ...

" (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)

Specials

*'' John Hodgman: Ragnarok'' (director) (2013) *''

Marc Maron Marc David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' and appeared more than forty times ...

: Thinky Pain'' (director) (2013) *'' Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats'' (Netflix) (director) (2014) *'' Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour'' (director) (2014) *'' Brent Morin: I'm Brent Morin'' (Netflix) (director) (2015) *'' Hannibal Burress: Comedy Camisado'' (director) (2016) *'' 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) *'' Michelle Wolf: Joke Show'' (Netflix) (director) (2019)

References

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