Profile of Gus Van Sant
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Gus Van Sant

Born
1952-07-24
Birthplace
Louisville,
Kentucky
USA
Born
1952-07-24
Birthplace
Louisville, Kentucky
USA
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 ......

Profile of Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant

Born
1952-07-24
Birthplace
Louisville, Kentucky
USA
Born
1952-07-24
Birthplace
Louisville, Kentucky
USA
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.

113 titles with 161 credits

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Entourage poster

2004

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Good Will Hunting poster

1997

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Portlandia poster

2011

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FEUD poster

2017

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Dead Man's Wire poster

2026

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Boss poster

2011

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Milk poster

2008

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Elephant poster

2003

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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back poster

2001

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Kids poster

1995

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey poster

2011

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My Own Private Idaho poster

1991

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Finding Forrester poster

2000

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Psycho poster

1998

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To Die For poster

1995

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Laurence Anyways poster

2012

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Paris Je T'aime poster

2006

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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot poster

2018

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Promised Land poster

2012

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Drugstore Cowboy poster

1989

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Paranoid Park poster

2007

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The Sea of Trees poster

2016

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Restless poster

2011

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I'm Still Here poster

2010

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Gerry poster

2002

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To Each His Own Cinema poster

2007

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When We Rise poster

2017

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The Greatest Event in Television History poster

2012

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Leçon de Cinéma poster

2004

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Last Days poster

2005

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Certain Women poster

2016

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The Canyons poster

2013

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I Am Michael poster

2015

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Howl poster

2010

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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues poster

1994

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Mala Noche poster

1987

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Zeroville poster

2019

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Tarnation poster

2003

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Accidents Happen poster

2009

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Virginia poster

2010

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Wild Tigers I Have Known poster

2006

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Age Out poster

2018

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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within poster

2010

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Speedway Junky poster

1999

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks poster

1991

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The Discipline of D.E. poster

1982

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Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema poster

2006

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Critic poster

2008

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8 poster

2008

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I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman poster

2015

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Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open poster

2023

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My Own Private River poster

2012

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Thanksgiving Prayer poster

1991

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David Bowie: Best of Bowie poster

2002

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Shit Year poster

2010

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Psycho Path poster

1999

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Ballad of the Skeletons poster

1997

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Four Boys in a Volvo poster

1996

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The Trainer poster

2024

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Hi Octane poster

1994

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Strange Parallel poster

1998

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About Cinema poster

2015

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The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’ poster

2005

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Here’s Looking at You, Boy poster

2007

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Property poster

1979

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Le Marais poster

2006

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The Advocate for Fagdom poster

2011

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Ken Death Gets Out of Jail poster

1988

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Five Ways to Kill Yourself poster

1987

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My New Friend poster

1987

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Illegal Civilization 3 poster

2018

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A Special Day poster

2012

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In the Mood for Doyle poster

2007

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Rescued from the Closet poster

2001

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Made in the USA poster

1993

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Cinema16: American Short Films poster

2006

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Guns on the Clackamas poster

1995

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Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible poster

2016

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At the Video Store poster

2019

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Best of Chris Isaak poster

2006

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Saltlake Van Sant poster

2003

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On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time poster

2004

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Ouverture of Something That Never Ended poster

2020

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Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended poster

2020

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Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later poster

2012

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The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft poster

1998

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Killing Gawker poster

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Strutter poster

2013

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The Making of Last Days poster

2004

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Easter poster

2000

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My Friend poster

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The Making of Drugstore Cowboy poster

1999

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Last Days poster

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Making Paranoid Park poster

2008

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Untitled Hoyt Richards Film poster

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Antinous poster

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Andy by Gus poster

2023

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Flea Sings poster

1991

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Explain it Like I’m Five poster

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Psycho Shampoo poster

1979

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Nightmare Typhoon poster

TBD

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About Elephant poster

2003

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Junior poster

1988

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Two Films, One Legacy poster

2011

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Ain't It Funny poster

2017

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Little Johnny poster

1972

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The Happy Organ poster

1971

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Mansion on the Hill poster

2008

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Thank You for Supporting the Arts poster

2018

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Switzerland poster

1985

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De Witt Clinton Choir poster

2000

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1/2 of a Telephone Conversation poster

1973

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Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana poster

2021

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