Gus Van Sant
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA — Jul 24 1952
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. Hi…
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Entourage
Gus Van Sant
Portlandia
Gus Van Sant
FEUD
Production
Good Will Hunting
Directing
Boss
Production
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
Dead Man's Wire
Directing
When We Rise
Production
Milk
Directing
The Greatest Event in Television History
Self
Kids
Production
To Die For
Directing
Psycho
Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
My Own Private Idaho
Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
Elephant
Writing
Paris Je T'aime
Directing
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Gus Van Sant
I'm Still Here
Crew
Finding Forrester
Library Assistant (uncredited)
Drugstore Cowboy
Himself (uncredited)
Certain Women
Crew
Zeroville
Film Archive Curator
Hi Octane
Self
Promised Land
Directing
To Each His Own Cinema
Directing
Gerry
Editing
The Sea of Trees
Directing
Virginia
Production
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Willamette Week Editor
I Am Michael
Production
The Canyons
Dr. Campbell
Laurence Anyways
Production
Critic
Self
Howl
Production
Paranoid Park
Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Restless
Directing
Rescued from the Closet
Self
Tarnation
Production
Mala Noche
Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Directing
Age Out
Production
8
Directing
Psycho Path
Self - Director
Speedway Junky
Production
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
Strutter
Crew
Shit Year
Crew
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Self (interview)
The Trainer
Gus Van Sant
Last Days
Phone Voice (voice)
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Self
Illegal Civilization 3
Self
Last Days
Writing
Best of Chris Isaak
Directing
In the Mood for Doyle
Self
A Special Day
Self
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
Self
The Prince of Fashion
Writing
Made in the USA
Self
Cinema16: American Short Films
Directing
About Cinema
Self
My Own Private River
Directing
Saltlake Van Sant
Self
At the Video Store
Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Self
Psycho Shampoo
Directing
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Production
Killing Gawker
Directing
Accidents Happen
Crew
Le Marais
Writing
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
Directing
The Making of Last Days
Himself
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
himself
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
Self
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’
Self
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
Himself
Making Paranoid Park
The Advocate for Fagdom
Self
Antinous
Production
Flea Sings
Directing
Easter
Directing
Guns on the Clackamas
Switzerland
Directing
Thanksgiving Prayer
Directing
Property
Sound
Little Johnny
Directing
The Discipline of D.E.
Directing
Nightmare Typhoon
Gus
Four Boys in a Volvo
Directing
Strange Parallel
Self
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
Self
Ballad of the Skeletons
Writing
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
Directing
Andy by Gus
The Happy Organ
Directing
Mansion on the Hill
Directing
De Witt Clinton Choir
Directing
Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana
Production
Two Films, One Legacy
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail
Directing
Explain it Like I’m Five
Directing
My New Friend
Directing
Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended
Creator
My Friend
Directing
1/2 of a Telephone Conversation
Directing
About Elephant
Self
Junior
Himself
Ain't It Funny
Dad
Thank You for Supporting the Arts