Directing
Gus Van Sant
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.
Movies with Gus Van Sant
Finding Forrester
2000
Psycho
1998
My Own Private Idaho
1991
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
Zeroville
2019
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
The Canyons
2013
Paranoid Park
2007
Mala Noche
1987
The Trainer
2024
Made in the USA
1993
Last Days
2005
A Special Day
2012
Critic
2008
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
2015
Nightmare Typhoon
Saltlake Van Sant
2003
Illegal Civilization 3
2018
Psycho Path
1999
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023
Rescued from the Closet
2001
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
1991
Andy by Gus
2023
At the Video Store
2019
Strange Parallel
1998
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
1999
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
2012
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
About Cinema
2015
In the Mood for Doyle
2007
Ain't It Funny
2017
Two Films, One Legacy
2011
Guns on the Clackamas
1995
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
The Making of Last Days
2004
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
1998
About Elephant
2003
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
1987
The Advocate for Fagdom
2011
Making Paranoid Park
2008
Junior
1988
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
2004
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
2018
