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Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant

Director · Born 1952-07-24 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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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.

Directed

  1. Good Will Hunting (1997) — Director
  2. Milk (2008) — Director
  3. Elephant (2003) — Director
  4. My Own Private Idaho (1991) — Director
  5. Finding Forrester (2000) — Director
  6. Psycho (1998) — Director
  7. To Die For (1995) — Director
  8. Paris Je T'aime (2006) — Director
  9. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) — Director
  10. Promised Land (2012) — Director
  11. Drugstore Cowboy (1989) — Director
  12. Paranoid Park (2007) — Director
  13. The Sea of Trees (2016) — Director
  14. Restless (2011) — Director
  15. Last Days (2005) — Director
  16. Gerry (2002) — Director
  17. FEUD (2017) — Director
  18. Dead Man's Wire (2026) — Director
  19. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — Director
  20. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994) — Director
  21. Boss (2011) — Director
  22. Mala Noche (1987) — Director
  23. When We Rise (2017) — Director
  24. The Discipline of D.E. (1982) — Director
  25. 8 (2008) — Director
  26. Thanksgiving Prayer (1991) — Director
  27. My Own Private River (2012) — Director
  28. David Bowie: Best of Bowie (2002) — Director
  29. Ballad of the Skeletons (1997) — Director
  30. Four Boys in a Volvo (1996) — Director
  31. My New Friend (1987) — Director
  32. Five Ways to Kill Yourself (1987) — Director
  33. Ken Death Gets Out of Jail (1988) — Director
  34. Le Marais (2006) — Director
  35. Cinema16: American Short Films (2006) — Director
  36. Best of Chris Isaak (2006) — Director
  37. Ouverture of Something That Never Ended (2020) — Director
  38. Psycho Shampoo (1979) — Director
  39. Mansion on the Hill (2008) — Director
  40. De Witt Clinton Choir (2000) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) — Gus Van Sant
  2. My Own Private Idaho (1991) — Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
  3. Finding Forrester (2000) — Library Assistant (uncredited)
  4. Psycho (1998) — Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
  5. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) — Willamette Week Editor
  6. Entourage (2004) — Gus Van Sant
  7. Drugstore Cowboy (1989) — Himself (uncredited)
  8. Paranoid Park (2007) — Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
  9. Last Days (2005) — Phone Voice (voice)
  10. The Canyons (2013) — Dr. Campbell
  11. Portlandia (2011) — Gus Van Sant
  12. Mala Noche (1987) — Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
  13. Zeroville (2019) — Film Archive Curator
  14. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) — Self
  15. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) — Self
  16. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks (1991) — Self
  17. Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006) — Self
  18. Critic (2008) — Self
  19. I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman (2015) — Self
  20. Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open (2023) — Self (interview)
  21. The Greatest Event in Television History (2012) — Self
  22. Strange Parallel (1998) — Self
  23. About Cinema (2015) — Self
  24. Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007) — Self
  25. The Trainer (2024) — Gus Van Sant
  26. Psycho Path (1999) — Self - Director
  27. The Advocate for Fagdom (2011) — Self
  28. Five Ways to Kill Yourself (1987)
  29. Hi Octane (1994) — Self
  30. Made in the USA (1993) — Self
  31. Guns on the Clackamas (1995)
  32. In the Mood for Doyle (2007) — Self
  33. A Special Day (2012) — Self
  34. Illegal Civilization 3 (2018) — Self
  35. Rescued from the Closet (2001) — Self
  36. On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time (2004) — Himself
  37. Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible (2016) — Self
  38. At the Video Store (2019) — Self
  39. Saltlake Van Sant (2003) — Self
  40. Leçon de Cinéma (2004) — Self