10.0
10.0
At the Video Store
2019
as Self
Gus Van Sant
Also known as: Gus Greene Van Sant Junior, Gus Green Van Sant Jr,
Directing
Born:July 24, 1952(age 74)
Birthplace:Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Rhode Island School of Design, Catlin Gabel School, Darien High School
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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.
Filmography (92 movies)
8.2
8.2
About Cinema
2015
as Self
8.2
8.2
Good Will Hunting
1997
Director
7.6
7.6
Laurence Anyways
2012
Executive Producer
7.6
7.6
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023
as Self (interview)
7.5
7.5
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006
Director
7.5
7.5
My Own Private River
2012
Director
7.2
7.2
Milk
2008
Director
7.1
7.1
Finding Forrester
2000
Director
7.1
7.1
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks
1991
as Self
7.1
7.1
My Own Private Idaho
1991
Director
7.1
7.1
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Elephant
2003
Director
7.0
7.0
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
2002
Director
6.9
6.9
Kids
1995
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Tarnation
2003
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Director
6.7
6.7
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
Screenplay
6.7
6.7
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
2015
as Self
6.7
6.7
Psycho Path
2000
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Le Marais
2006
Writer
6.6
6.6
To Die For
1995
Director
6.5
6.5
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
as Self
6.5
6.5
Paranoid Park
2007
Director
6.5
6.5
Restless
2011
Director
6.5
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
6.5
6.5
Howl
2010
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
Dead Man's Wire
2026
Director
6.3
6.3
Promised Land
2012
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
The Sea of Trees
2016
Director
6.1
6.1
Mala Noche
1987
Director
6.1
6.1
Gerry
2002
Director
6.0
6.0
Age Out
2018
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
A Special Day
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016
as Self
6.0
6.0
Thanksgiving Prayer
1991
Director
6.0
6.0
Best of Chris Isaak
2006
Director
5.9
5.9
Strange Parallel
1998
as Self
5.9
5.9
The Discipline of D.E.
1982
Director
5.6
5.6
Wild Tigers I Have Known
2006
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Last Days
2005
Director
5.5
5.5
I Am Michael
2015
Executive Producer
5.4
5.4
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
as Self
5.4
5.4
The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’
2005
as Self
5.3
5.3
The Advocate for Fagdom
2011
as Self
5.2
5.2
Virginia
2010
Executive Producer
5.2
5.2
8
2008
Director
5.2
5.2
Speedway Junky
1999
Executive Producer
5.1
5.1
Psycho
1998
Director
5.1
5.1
Zeroville
2019
as Film Archive Curator
5.0
5.0
Illegal Civilization 3
2018
as Self
5.0
5.0
Ballad of the Skeletons
1997
Writer
4.8
4.8
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
4.4
4.4
The Canyons
2013
as Dr. Campbell
4.4
4.4
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
Director
4.0
4.0
In the Mood for Doyle
2007
as Self
3.0
3.0
Guns on the Clackamas
1995
2.3
2.3
Four Boys in a Volvo
1996
Director
2.0
2.0
Made in the USA
1993
as Self
1.0
1.0
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
1987
Writer
1.0
1.0
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail
1988
Director
1.0
1.0
My New Friend
1987
Director
Saltlake Van Sant
2003
as Self
Making Paranoid Park
2008
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
1999
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
2018
Junior
1988
Director
The Making of Last Days
2004
as Himself
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
2004
Executive Producer
About Elephant
2003
as Self
who is Gus Van Sant?
2024
as Himself
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
2012
as Self
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
1998
as himself
Andy by Gus
2023
Nightmare Typhoon
TBA
Director
The Prince of Fashion
TBA
Screenplay
Switzerland
1985
Director
Easter
2000
Director
1/2 of a Telephone Conversation
1973
Director
Little Johnny
1972
Director
Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana
2021
Producer
Mansion on the Hill
2008
Director
De Witt Clinton Choir
2000
Director
Killing Gawker
TBA
Director
Antinous
TBA
Producer
My Friend
TBA
Director
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
2020
Writer
Untitled Sam Bankman-Fried Film
TBA
Director
First Kiss
2007
Director
The Happy Organ
1971
Director
Psycho Shampoo
1979
Director
Flea Sings
1991
Director
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