Gus Van Sant

Directing · Born 1952-07-24 in 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…

Filmography

• Finding Forrester as Library Assistant (uncredited)
• My Own Private Idaho as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
• Drugstore Cowboy as Himself (uncredited)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as Gus Van Sant
• Made in the USA as Self
• William S. Burroughs: A Man Within as Self
• Guns on the Clackamas
• The Canyons as Dr. Campbell
• The Advocate for Fagdom as Self
• Strange Parallel as Self

TV

• The Greatest Event in Television History as Self
• The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self
• Portlandia as Gus Van Sant
• Leçon de Cinéma as Self
• Hi Octane as Self
• Entourage as Gus Van Sant