Gus Van Sant
Directing
Born July 24, 1952 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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.
Filmography
Dead Man's Wire
The Trainer
Gus Van Sant
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Self (interview)
Andy by Gus
Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended
At the Video Store
Self
Zeroville
Film Archive Curator
Illegal Civilization 3
Self
Age Out
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Willamette Week Editor
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
Ain't It Funny
Dad
FEUD
When We Rise
Certain Women
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Self
The Sea of Trees
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
Self
About Cinema
Self
I Am Michael
The Canyons
Dr. Campbell
Strutter
The Greatest Event in Television History
Self
Promised Land
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
Self
Laurence Anyways
A Special Day
Self
My Own Private River
The Advocate for Fagdom
Self
Boss
Restless
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
Howl
Virginia
Shit Year
Accidents Happen
Milk
8
Making Paranoid Park
Critic
Self
To Each His Own Cinema
In the Mood for Doyle
Self
Paranoid Park
Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Paris Je T'aime
Le Marais
Cinema16: American Short Films
Best of Chris Isaak
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
Last Days
Phone Voice (voice)
Entourage
Gus Van Sant
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
Himself
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
The Making of Last Days
Himself
Saltlake Van Sant
Self
Tarnation
Elephant
About Elephant
Self
Gerry
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Gus Van Sant
Rescued from the Closet
Self
Finding Forrester
Library Assistant (uncredited)
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
Psycho Path
Self - Director
Speedway Junky
Psycho
Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
Strange Parallel
Self
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
himself
Good Will Hunting
Ballad of the Skeletons
Four Boys in a Volvo
To Die For
Kids
Guns on the Clackamas
Hi Octane
Self
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Made in the USA
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
Self
My Own Private Idaho
Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
Thanksgiving Prayer
Drugstore Cowboy
Himself (uncredited)
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail
Junior
Himself
Mala Noche
Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
My New Friend
The Discipline of D.E.
Property
Psycho Shampoo
1/2 of a Telephone Conversation
Little Johnny