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.
Filmography
All 95
Movies 88
Director 39
Self 26
Producer 14
TV Shows 7
Creator 1

Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana (2021)

Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended (2020)

At the Video Store (2019)

Zeroville (2019)

Illegal Civilization 3 (2018)

Age Out (2018)

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)

Ain't It Funny (2017)

FEUD (2017)

When We Rise (2017)

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible (2016)

The Sea of Trees (2016)

I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman (2015)

About Cinema (2015)

I Am Michael (2015)

Heaven Adores You (2014)

The Canyons (2013)

Strutter (2013)

The Greatest Event in Television History (2012)

Promised Land (2012)

Laurence Anyways (2012)

A Special Day (2012)

The Advocate for Fagdom (2011)

My Own Private River (2011)

Restless (2011)

The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)

Portlandia (2011)

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)

I'm Still Here (2010)

Howl (2010)

Virginia (2010)

Accidents Happen (2009)

Milk (2008)

8 (2008)

Mansion on the Hill (2008)

Making Paranoid Park (2008)

Crítico (2008)

To Each His Own Cinema (2007)

In the Mood for Doyle (2007)

Paranoid Park (2007)

Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007)

Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006)

Le Marais (2006)

Paris Je T'aime (2006)

Cinema16: American Short Films (2006)

Best of Chris Isaak (2006)

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

Last Days (2005)

The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’ (2005)

On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time (2004)

The Making of Last Days (2004)

Saltlake Van Sant (2003)

Tarnation (2003)

Elephant (2003)

Gerry (2002)

David Bowie: Best of Bowie (2002)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Rescued from the Closet (2001)

Finding Forrester (2000)

Easter (2000)

Psycho Path (2000)

De Witt Clinton Choir (2000)

The Making of Drugstore Cowboy (1999)

Speedway Junky (1999)

Psycho (1998)

Strange Parallel (1998)

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)

Four Boys in a Volvo (1996)

To Die For (1995)

Kids (1995)

Guns on the Clackamas (1995)

Hi Octane (1994)

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)

Made in the USA (1993)

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks (1991)

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Thanksgiving Prayer (1991)

Flea Sings (1991)

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

Ken Death Gets Out of Jail (1988)

Junior (1988)

My New Friend (1987)

Five Ways to Kill Yourself (1987)

Mala Noche (1986)

Switzerland (1985)

The Discipline of D.E. (1982)

Property (1979)

Psycho Shampoo (1979)

1/2 of a Telephone Conversation (1973)

Little Johnny (1972)

The Happy Organ (1971)

The Trainer

Thank You for Supporting the Arts

The Prince of Fashion
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Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1952-07-24 (71 years old)
Birth nameGus Green Van Sant, Jr.
Place of birthLouisville, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesPortland, United States of America
Also known asGus Van Sant Jr., 구스 반 산트, 거스 밴 샌트
AwardsCannes Best Director Award, Palme d'Or
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