Lance Oppenheim
Birthdate: January 26, 1996 (30 Years Old)
Birthplace: Hollywood, Florida
Lance Oppenheim is one of the most creative non-fiction American filmmakers, starting as director/producer/co-editor of seven short non-fiction films before he directed and produced his debut non-fiction feature, Some Kind of Heaven (2020), about The Villages retirement community in Florida, produced by (in part) Darren Aronofsky and The New York Times, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and released by Magnolia Pictures. Oppenheim was director/producer of the non-fiction film, Spermworld (2024), about the wild world of sperm donors which aired on Hulu/FX, and then Oppenheim produced director/producer Xander Robin’s documentary, The Python Hunt (2025), about contestants hunting for invasive pythons in the Florida Everglades, launching at the South by Southwest Film Festival and distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Oppenheim co-directed and co-produced (with Nathan Fielder) a documentary study of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, You Can See Everything (2026), launching in a secret premiere at the Telluride Film Festival before a theatrical release by A24. Oppenheim made his feature narrative theatrical debut as director only of the true crime thriller, Primetime (2026), based on a true incident during the production of NBC Dateline’s To Catch a Predator (2004-2007), starring Robert Pattinson (as the show’s host Chris Hansen, and who also was a lead producer), Skyler Gisondo, Merritt Wever, Phoebe Bridgers, Bokeem Woodbine and Anna Faris, produced (in part) by Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster, and which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and released wide by A24.
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Lance Oppenheim Movies
Actor
Director
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- 2026 |
- 2021 |
Some Kind of Heaven
Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America's largest retirement community, The Villages, FL, strive to find solace and meaning.
Producer
Previous (1)
- 2021 |
Some Kind of Heaven
Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America's largest retirement community, The Villages, FL, strive to find solace and meaning.
Facts About Lance Oppenheim
Honors: Lance Oppenheim is the youngest contributor to the New York Times Op-Docs program and was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film 2019” by Filmmaker magazine.
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