Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 24, 1952
Place of Birth
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Credits
112 titles
Gus Van Sant
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
Filmography
Dead Man's Wire
Director
The Trainer
Gus Van Sant
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Self (interview)
Andy by Gus
Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana
Producer
Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended
Creator
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
Director
At the Video Store
Self
Zeroville
Film Archive Curator
Illegal Civilization 3
Self
Age Out
Executive Producer
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Willamette Week Editor
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
Ain't It Funny
Dad
FEUD
Executive Producer
When We Rise
Executive Producer
Certain Women
Thanks
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Self
The Sea of Trees
Director
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
Self
About Cinema
Self
I Am Michael
Executive Producer
The Canyons
Dr. Campbell
Strutter
Thanks
The Greatest Event in Television History
Self
Promised Land
Director
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
Self
Laurence Anyways
Executive Producer
A Special Day
Self
My Own Private River
Director
The Advocate for Fagdom
Self
Boss
Executive Producer
Restless
Director
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
Two Films, One Legacy
Portlandia
Gus Van Sant
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Self
I'm Still Here
Thanks
Howl
Executive Producer
Virginia
Executive Producer
Shit Year
Thanks
Accidents Happen
Thanks
Milk
Director
8
Director
Mansion on the Hill
Director
Making Paranoid Park
Critic
Self
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
In the Mood for Doyle
Self
Paranoid Park
Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)