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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
July 24, 1952
Place of Birth
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
- Gus Van Sant Jr.
- 거스 밴 샌트
- گاس ون سنت
Gus Van Sant
1.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.7
Gus Van Sant
The Trainer
2024
7.6
Self (interview)
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023
0.0
Andy by Gus
2023
10.0
Self
At the Video Store
2019
5.1
Film Archive Curator
Zeroville
2019
5.0
Self
Illegal Civilization 3
2018
6.7
Willamette Week Editor
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
0.0
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
2018
6.0
Self
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016
6.7
Self
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
2015
Credits
The Trainer
as Gus Van Sant
2024
5.7
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
as Self (interview)
2023
7.6
Andy by Gus
2023
0.0
At the Video Store
as Self
2019
10.0
Zeroville
as Film Archive Curator
2019
5.1
Illegal Civilization 3
as Self
2018
5.0
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Willamette Week Editor
2018
6.7
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
2018
0.0
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
as Self
2016
6.0
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
as Self
2015
6.7
About Cinema
as Self
2015
8.2
The Canyons
as Dr. Campbell
2013
4.4
The Greatest Event in Television History
as Self
2012
7.0
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
as Self
2012
0.0
A Special Day
as Self
2012
6.0
The Advocate for Fagdom
as Self
2011
5.3
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
7.7
Portlandia
as Gus Van Sant
2011
7.0
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
2010
6.5
Making Paranoid Park
2008
0.0
Critic
as Self
2008
7.9
In the Mood for Doyle
as Self
2007
4.0
Paranoid Park
as Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
2007
6.5
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2007
4.8
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self
2006
5.4
Last Days
as Phone Voice (voice)
2005
5.5
The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’
as Self
2005
5.4
Entourage
as Gus Van Sant
2004
7.4
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
as Himself
2004
0.0
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self
2004
7.0
The Making of Last Days
as Himself
2004
0.0
Saltlake Van Sant
as Self
2003
0.0
About Elephant
as Self
2003
0.0
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
as Gus Van Sant
2001
6.4
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
2001
6.0
Finding Forrester
as Library Assistant (uncredited)
2000
7.1
Psycho Path
as Self - Director
2000
6.7
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
1999
0.0
Psycho
as Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
1998
5.1
Strange Parallel
as Self
1998
5.9
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
as himself
1998
0.0
Guns on the Clackamas
1995
3.0
Hi Octane
as Self
1994
8.3
Made in the USA
as Self
1993
2.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks
as Self
1991
7.1
My Own Private Idaho
as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
1991
7.1
Drugstore Cowboy
as Himself (uncredited)
1989
7.1
🎬
Junior
as Himself
1988
0.0
Mala Noche
as Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
1987
6.1
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
1987
1.0
🎬
Nightmare Typhoon
as Gus
N/A
0.0