Directing
Gus Van Sant
EN, FR, PT, IT cinema · 102 credits
Born
24 July 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Also known as Gus Van Sant Jr. · 거스 밴 샌트
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
Nightmare Typhoon
Nightmare Typhoon
as Gus, Director
Antinous
Antinous
Producer
My Friend
My Friend
Director
Last Days
Last Days
Original Film Writer
Dead Man's Wire
Director
The Trainer
as Gus Van Sant
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
as Self (interview)
Andy by Gus
Actor, Music
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
Director, Writer
Zeroville
as Film Archive Curator
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Willamette Week Editor, Director, Editor, Screenplay, Story
Age Out
Executive Producer
The Sea of Trees
Director
About Cinema
as Self
I Am Michael
Executive Producer
The Canyons
as Dr. Campbell
A Special Day
as Self
Promised Land
Director, Executive Producer
Laurence Anyways
Executive Producer
My Own Private River
Director
Restless
Director, Producer
Virginia
Executive Producer
Howl
Executive Producer
Shit Year
Thanks
Critic
as Self
Milk
Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
8
Director, Editor
Paranoid Park
as Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Editor
Paris Je T'aime
Director, Writer
Best of Chris Isaak
Director
Le Marais
Writer, Director
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Executive Producer
Last Days
as Phone Voice (voice), Director, Screenplay, Editor
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
as Himself, Executive Producer
Tarnation
Executive Producer
Elephant
Screenplay, Editor, Director
Gerry
Editor, Director, Writer
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
as Gus Van Sant
Finding Forrester
as Library Assistant (uncredited), Director
Psycho Path
as Self - Director, Executive Producer
Speedway Junky
Executive Producer
Strange Parallel
as Self
Psycho
as Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited), Producer, Director
Good Will Hunting
Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ballad of the Skeletons
Writer, Director
Four Boys in a Volvo
Director
To Die For
Director
Kids
Executive Producer
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
Made in the USA
as Self
My Own Private Idaho
as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Thanksgiving Prayer
Director, Producer
Drugstore Cowboy
as Himself (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
Junior
as Himself, Director
Mala Noche
as Guy at Hotel (uncredited), Producer, Director, Editor, Screenplay
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
Actor, Director, Writer
My New Friend
Director
Psycho Shampoo
Director
Property
Sound
Little Johnny
Director