Gus Van Sant

Directing

Born Jul 24, 1952

From Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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.

Gus Van Sant

Known For

My Own Private Idaho

Psycho

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Finding Forrester

Paranoid Park

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Drugstore Cowboy

Zeroville

The Canyons

Critic

Filmography — Acting

My Own Private Idaho

Psycho

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Finding Forrester

Paranoid Park

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Drugstore Cowboy

Zeroville

The Canyons

Critic

The Trainer

Last Days

A Special Day

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

In the Mood for Doyle

The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft

Rescued from the Closet

At the Video Store

The Making of Last Days

About Cinema

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Made in the USA

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Psycho Path

Saltlake Van Sant

Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later

Illegal Civilization 3

The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’

Mala Noche

On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time

Here’s Looking at You, Boy

The Advocate for Fagdom

I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman

Strange Parallel

Thank You for Supporting the Arts

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks

Junior

Making Paranoid Park

The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

Ain't It Funny

Five Ways to Kill Yourself

Guns on the Clackamas

Andy by Gus

Two Films, One Legacy

About Elephant

Nightmare Typhoon

Filmography — Crew

Good Will Hunting

Dead Man's Wire

Milk

My Own Private Idaho

To Die For

Psycho

Paris Je T'aime

Elephant

Promised Land

Finding Forrester

The Sea of Trees

To Each His Own Cinema

Paranoid Park

Gerry

Restless

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Drugstore Cowboy

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Last Days