Gus Van Sant
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 24, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Biography
Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Achievement in Directing for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting and his 2008 film Milk, and won the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant. He lives in Portland, Oregon. His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the Pacific Northwest. In his films, he has dealt with themes concerning homosexuality and other marginalized subcultures. His filmography as writer and director includes an adaptation of Tom Robbins' novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, which features a diverse cast (Keanu Reeves, Roseanne Barr, Uma Thurman, and k.d. lang, with cameos by William S. Burroughs and Heather Graham, among others); and My Own Private Idaho, also starring Reeves as well as River Phoenix. He wrote the screenplays for most of his early movies, and wrote one novel, Pink. A book of his photography has also been published, called 108 Portraits.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Killing Gawker
Movie · Director
My Friend
Movie · Director
Explain it Like I’m Five
Movie · Director
Nightmare Typhoon
Movie · Director
Untitled Hoyt Richards Film
Movie · Director
Dead Man's Wire
Movie · Director
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
Movie · Director
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Movie · Director
When We Rise
TV · Director · 1 ep
FEUD
TV · Director · 6 eps
The Sea of Trees
Movie · Director
Promised Land
Movie · Director
My Own Private River
Movie · Director
Restless
Movie · Director
Boss
TV · Director · 1 ep
Milk
Movie · Director
8
Movie · Director
Mansion on the Hill
Movie · Director
Paranoid Park
Movie · Director
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie · Director
Paris Je T'aime
Movie · Director
Best of Chris Isaak
Movie · Director
Cinema16: American Short Films
Movie · Director
Le Marais
Movie · Director
Last Days
Movie · Director
Elephant
Movie · Director
Gerry
Movie · Director
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
Movie · Director
Finding Forrester
Movie · Director
De Witt Clinton Choir
Movie · Director
Easter
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Psycho
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Good Will Hunting
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Ballad of the Skeletons
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Four Boys in a Volvo
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To Die For
Movie · Director
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Movie · Director
My Own Private Idaho
Movie · Director
Thanksgiving Prayer
Movie · Director
Flea Sings
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Drugstore Cowboy
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Junior
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Ken Death Gets Out of Jail
Movie · Director
Mala Noche
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My New Friend
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Five Ways to Kill Yourself
Movie · Director
Switzerland
Movie · Director
The Discipline of D.E.
Movie · Director
Psycho Shampoo
Movie · Director
1/2 of a Telephone Conversation
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Little Johnny
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The Happy Organ
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