Lance Hammer

{{short description|American independent filmmaker}}

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Lance Hammer is an American independent filmmaker.

His first film, Ballast, premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival where he won the US Dramatic Directing Award.{{cite web |title=2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards |url=https://sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/pdf/2008-01-26-Awards.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625173633/http://sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/pdf/2008-01-26-Awards.pdf |archive-date=2008-06-25 |format=PDF |date=2008-01-26}} Ballast was nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards and four Gotham Independent Film Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ballast-tops-gotham-indie-award-121411|title='Ballast' tops Gotham indie award noms|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 October 2008 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/ballast-leads-the-pack-at-gothams-1117994322/|title='Ballast' leads the pack at Gothams|last=Hayes|first=Dade|date=2008-10-20|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-04-15}} Hammer won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director.{{Cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Compiled by Dave|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/movies/03arts-GOTHAMAWARDW_BRF.html|title=Gotham Award Winners|date=2008-12-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-15|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}