Gus Van Sant
- Directing
- July 24, 1952 · 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
Filmography
- Dead Man's Wire · Director
- The Trainer · Gus Van Sant
- Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open · Self
- Andy by Gus · Music
- Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana · Producer
- Ouverture of Something That Never Ended · Director, Writer
- Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended · Creator
- 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, Director
- Thank You for Supporting the Arts
- Ain't It Funny · Dad
- FEUD · Executive producer, Director
- When We Rise · Director, 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, Executive producer
- 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, Director
- Restless · Director, Producer
- 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, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- 8 · Director, Editing
- 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), Screenplay
- Here’s Looking at You, Boy · Self
- Wild Tigers I Have Known · Executive producer
- Paris Je T'aime · Director, Writer
- Le Marais · Writer, Director
- Cinema16: American Short Films · Director
- Best of Chris Isaak · Director
- Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema · Self
- Last Days · Phone Voice (Voice), Director
- Entourage · Gus Van Sant
- On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time · Self, Executive producer
- Leçon de Cinéma · Self
- The Making of Last Days · Self
- Saltlake Van Sant · Self
- Tarnation · Executive producer
- Elephant · Screenplay, Editing
- About Elephant · Self
- Gerry · Editing, Director
- David Bowie: Best of Bowie · Director
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back · Gus Van Sant
- Rescued from the Closet · Self
- Finding Forrester · Library Assistant (uncredited), Director
- Easter · Director
- De Witt Clinton Choir · Director
- The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
- Psycho Path · Self, Executive producer
- Speedway Junky · Executive producer
- Psycho · Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited), Producer
- Strange Parallel · Self
- The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft · Self
- Good Will Hunting · Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer