Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant

Birthday: 1952-07-24

Place of birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Also known as: Gus Van Sant Jr., 거스 밴 샌트, گاس ون سنت

imdb_id: nm0001814

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.

Played in movies:

At the Video Store

Score: 10.0

About Cinema

Score: 8.3

The Trainer

Score: 8.0

Critic

Score: 7.9

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

Score: 7.4

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks

Score: 7.3

Finding Forrester

Score: 7.1

Drugstore Cowboy

Score: 7.1

My Own Private Idaho

Score: 7.1

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Score: 6.7

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

Score: 6.7

Psycho Path

Score: 6.7

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

Score: 6.7

Paranoid Park

Score: 6.5

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Score: 6.4

Mala Noche

Score: 6.1

Rescued from the Closet

Score: 6.0

A Special Day

Score: 6.0

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Score: 6.0

Strange Parallel

Score: 5.9

Here’s Looking at You, Boy

Score: 5.8

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Score: 5.7

Last Days

Score: 5.5

The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’

Score: 5.4

The Advocate for Fagdom

Score: 5.3

Psycho

Score: 5.1

Zeroville

Score: 5.1

Illegal Civilization 3

Score: 5.0

The Canyons

Score: 4.4

In the Mood for Doyle

Score: 4.0

Guns on the Clackamas

Score: 3.0

Made in the USA

Score: 2.0

Five Ways to Kill Yourself

Score: 1.0

Andy by Gus

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later

Score: 0.0

Making Paranoid Park

Score: 0.0

The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

Score: 0.0

The Making of Last Days

Score: 0.0

Junior

Score: 0.0

Thank You for Supporting the Arts

Score: 0.0

Saltlake Van Sant

Score: 0.0

who is Gus Van Sant?

Score: 0.0

About Elephant

Score: 0.0

On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Score: 7.6

Hi Octane

Score: 7.5

Entourage

Score: 7.4

Leçon de Cinéma

Score: 7.0

The Greatest Event in Television History

Score: 7.0

Portlandia

Score: 6.9