Lance Oppenheim

Lance Oppenheim (born January 26, 1996) is an American filmmaker known for blending documentary nonfiction with highly cinematic formalism. His debut feature, Some Kind of Heaven (2020), explored life inside The Villages, Florida, was produced by Darren Aronofsky and The New York Times, and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. He subsequently directed Spermworld (2024) about unregulated sperm donation, the HBO documentary series Ren Faire (2024) about the Texas Renaissance Festival, and co-directed You Can See Everything about Elizabeth Holmes alongside Nathan Fielder. A Harvard graduate who got his start pitching shorts to The New York Times Op-Docs, Oppenheim was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2023. He makes his narrative feature film debut with Primetime (2026), starring Robert Pattinson as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen.