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Gus Van Sant
Gus Van Sant’s screen credits include director work on Good Will Hunting, director work on Milk, and director work on Finding Forrester.
Born July 24, 1952 Louisville, Kentucky, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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About Gus Van Sant
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.
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- 2026Dead Man's WireDirector
- 2024The TrainerGus Van Sant
- 2023Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide OpenSelf (interview)
- 2023Andy by GusActor
- 2021Joe Gives Up and Moves to MontanaProducer
- 2020Ouverture of Something That Never EndedDirector · Writer
- 2019At the Video StoreSelf
- 2019ZerovilleFilm Archive Curator
- 2018Illegal Civilization 3Self
- 2018Age OutProducer
- 2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on FootDirector · Writer · Willamette Week Editor
- 2018Thank You for Supporting the ArtsActor
- 2017Ain't It FunnyDad
- 2016Xavier Dolan: Bound to ImpossibleSelf
- 2016The Sea of TreesDirector
- 2015I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal AkermanSelf
- 2015About CinemaSelf
- 2015I Am MichaelProducer
- 2013The CanyonsDr. Campbell
- 2012Promised LandDirector · Producer
- 2012Reflecting on a Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years LaterSelf
- 2012Laurence AnywaysProducer
- 2012A Special DaySelf
- 2012My Own Private RiverDirector
- 2011The Advocate for FagdomSelf
- 2011RestlessDirector · Producer
- 2011Two Films, One LegacyActor
- 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinSelf
- 2010HowlProducer
- 2010VirginiaProducer
- 20088Director
- 2008Mansion on the HillDirector
- 2008Making Paranoid ParkActor
- 2008CriticSelf
- 2007To Each His Own CinemaDirector
- 2007In the Mood for DoyleSelf
- 2007Paranoid ParkWriter · Director · Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
- 2007Here’s Looking at You, BoySelf
- 2006Wild Tigers I Have KnownProducer
- 2006Le MaraisWriter · Director
- 2006Paris Je T'aimeDirector · Writer
- 2006Cinema16: American Short FilmsDirector
- 2006Best of Chris IsaakDirector
- 2006Fabulous! The Story of Queer CinemaSelf
- 2005Last DaysDirector · Writer · Phone Voice (voice)
- 2004On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through TimeProducer · Himself
- 2004The Making of Last DaysSelf
- 2003Saltlake Van SantSelf
- 2003TarnationProducer
- 2003ElephantWriter · Director
- 2003About ElephantSelf
- 2002GerryDirector · Writer
- 2002David Bowie: Best of BowieDirector
- 2001Jay and Silent Bob Strike BackGus Van Sant
- 2001Rescued from the ClosetSelf
- 2000EasterDirector
- 2000De Witt Clinton ChoirDirector
- 1999The Making of Drugstore CowboyActor
- 1999Psycho PathProducer · Self - Director
- 1999Speedway JunkyProducer
- 1998PsychoDirector · Producer · Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
- 1998Strange ParallelSelf
- 1998The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Crafthimself
- 1997Ballad of the SkeletonsDirector · Writer
- 1996Four Boys in a VolvoDirector
- 1995To Die ForDirector
- 1995KidsProducer
- 1995Guns on the ClackamasActor
- 1994Even Cowgirls Get the BluesDirector · Writer · Producer
- 1993Made in the USASelf
- 1991Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky MonksSelf
- 1991My Own Private IdahoDirector · Writer · Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
- 1991Flea SingsDirector
- 1991Thanksgiving PrayerDirector · Producer
- 1989Drugstore CowboyDirector · Writer · Himself (uncredited)
- 1988Ken Death Gets Out of JailDirector
- 1988JuniorDirector · Himself
- 1987Mala NocheDirector · Writer · Producer · Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
- 1987Five Ways to Kill YourselfActor · Director · Writer
- 1987My New FriendDirector
- 1985SwitzerlandDirector
- 1982The Discipline of D.E.Director
- 1979Psycho ShampooDirector
- 19731/2 of a Telephone ConversationDirector
- 1972Little JohnnyDirector
- 1971The Happy OrganDirector
- AntinousProducer
- Explain it Like I’m FiveDirector
- Killing GawkerDirector
- Last DaysWriter
- My FriendDirector
- Nightmare TyphoonDirector · Gus
- Untitled Hoyt Richards FilmDirector
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