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American filmmaker

  • Date of Birth: 26 January 1996
  • Age: 30 years old
  • In the rating: #10 Filmmaker

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Lance Oppenheim is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and producer. His work blends nonfiction storytelling with heightened, cinematic formalism. Oppenheim has received critical acclaim for his films Some Kind of Heaven (2020) and Spermworld (2024). He is also known for creating the HBO documentary series Ren Faire (2024).

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In high school, Oppenheim directed several short documentaries, one of which PBS distributed nationwide. He sent documentary pitches to the New York Times Op-Docs' open submission portal, documenting "crazy things happening in his backyard", which the Times would "politely reject." While in college, Oppenheim directed three short documentaries acquired and distributed by The New York Times Op-Docs. His short The Happiest Guy in the World, about long-term cruise passenger Mario Salcedo, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018.

Oppenheim directed and produced his debut feature, Some Kind of Heaven, a documentary exploring life inside The Villages, Florida, as part of his undergraduate senior thesis. In it, he follows four people living in The Villages and how they cope with later adult life. The film was produced by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and The New York Times as one of the paper's first feature-length productions. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam to critical acclaim and was later acquired by Magnolia Pictures. In 2023, Oppenheim appeared on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Hollywood & Entertainment. His second film, Spermworld, premiered at the 2024 True/False Film Festival to critical acclaim, and is available on FX, Disney +, and Hulu. In 2024, Oppenheim completed his first television series, Ren Faire. The series, produced by HBO and Elara Pictures, premiered at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival. In 2025, Oppenheim served as a producer on The Python Hunt, directed by Xander Robin and produced by Artists Equity.

Oppenheim is set to make his narrative feature film debut with Primetime, starring Robert Pattinson.

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Date of Birth 26 January 1996
Age 30 years old

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