Lance Bangs
Biography
Lance Bangs is an American filmmaker who also directs music videos and has worked extensively on MTV's Jackass television series and its movies. Born in Sacramento, California, he founded the Flicker Film Festival, a series of Super8mm and 16mm screenings, in Athens, Georgia, in 1990. He has created videos for Sonic Youth and other bands, and his commercial directing includes a Titanium Lion-winning campaign for Volvo at the 2005 Cannes Lions. He produced the Directors Label Series DVDs, which covered several directors, and worked with Spike Jonze on numerous occasions, serving as a cameraman on every Jackass film. He also filmed behind-the-scenes material for Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover in 2008. The 2009 film Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak was shortlisted for an Academy Award. Since 2007 he has aired short documentaries on VBS.TV through his show Bangs, hosts Flophouse on Viceland, and has performed music with the Canadian indie rock group The Dudes.
54years old
Turns 55 on September 4in 324 days
- Born Sacramento
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Lance P. Bangs
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 17 years2009 to 2026
Every film, newest first
- 2026Jackass: Best and LastIMDb rating 6.2
- 2022Jackass ForeverIMDb rating 6.8
- 2009Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice SendakIMDb rating 7.9
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Behind the camera
In 1990, while in Athens, Georgia, Bangs started the Flicker Film Festival, which shows Super8mm and 16mm films, together with Michael Lachowski and Angie Grass.
Behind the camera
For the Directors Label Series, Bangs took on producing duties on DVDs spotlighting Chris Cunningham, Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Mark Romanek, Stephane Sednaoui, Jonathan Glazer and Anton Corbijn.
Behind the camera
Bangs has aired an ongoing series of short documentaries, often about music, on VBS.TV since 2007 through his show "Bangs". On Viceland, he also hosts a show called Flophouse.
Lance Bangs movies on Netflix
Most often with
Jeff Tremaine directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together4 more actors
- Dave EnglandJackass: Best and Last (2026) and Jackass Forever (2022)
- Ehren McGheheyJackass: Best and Last (2026) and Jackass Forever (2022)
- Sean McInerneyJackass: Best and Last (2026) and Jackass Forever (2022)
- Zach HolmesJackass: Best and Last (2026) and Jackass Forever (2022)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
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