Gus Van Sant
Directing
- Born
- July 24, 1952 (age 74) · 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.
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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
Good Will Hunting
December 5, 1997
Milk
November 5, 2008
Elephant
September 20, 2003
Kids
July 21, 1995
My Own Private Idaho
February 1, 1991
Finding Forrester
December 21, 2000
Psycho
December 4, 1998
To Die For
September 22, 1995
Laurence Anyways
May 18, 2012
Paris Je T'aime
June 21, 2006
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
April 4, 2018
Promised Land
September 23, 2012
Behind the camera65
- 2026Dead Man's Wire Director
- 2023Andy by Gus Music
- 2021Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana Producer
- 2020Ouverture of Something That Never Ended Director, Writer
- 2018Age Out Executive Producer
- 2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot Director, Editor, Screenplay, Story
- 2016The Sea of Trees Director
- 2015I Am Michael Executive Producer
- 2012Promised Land Director, Executive Producer
- 2012