Gus Van Sant

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: Directing

Born: Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 1952-07-24

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1987	Five Ways to Kill Yourself		10
2	1987	Mala Noche	Guy at Hotel (uncredited)	62
3	1988	Junior	Himself	0
4	1989	Drugstore Cowboy	Himself (uncredited)	71
5	1991	My Own Private Idaho	Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)	71
6	1991	Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks	Self	73
7	1993	Made in the USA	Self	20
8	1995	Guns on the Clackamas		30
9	1998	The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft	himself	0
10	1998	Strange Parallel	Self	59
11	1998	Psycho	Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)	51
12	1999	The Making of Drugstore Cowboy		0
13	2000	Psycho Path	Self - Director	67
14	2000	Finding Forrester	Library Assistant (uncredited)	71
15	2001	Rescued from the Closet	Self	60
16	2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Gus Van Sant	64
17	2003	About Elephant	Self	0
18	2003	Saltlake Van Sant	Self	0
19	2004	The Making of Last Days	Himself	0
20	2004	On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time	Himself	0
21	2005	The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’	Self	54
22	2005	Last Days	Phone Voice (voice)	56
23	2006	Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema	Self	57
24	2007	Here’s Looking at You, Boy	Self	58
25	2007	Paranoid Park	Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)	65
26	2007	In the Mood for Doyle	Self	40
27	2008	Critic	Self	79
28	2008	Making Paranoid Park		0
29	2010	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within	Self	66
30	2011	The Advocate for Fagdom	Self	53
31	2012	A Special Day	Self	60
32	2012	Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later	Self	0
33	2013	The Canyons	Dr. Campbell	44
34	2015	About Cinema	Self	83
35	2015	I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman	Self	65
36	2016	Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible	Self	60
37	2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	Willamette Week Editor	67
38	2018	Illegal Civilization 3	Self	50
39	2019	Zeroville	Film Archive Curator	51
40	2019	At the Video Store	Self	100
41	2023	Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open	Self (interview)	75
42	2024	who is Gus Van Sant?	Himself	0
43	2024	The Trainer	Gus Van Sant	80
44		Thank You for Supporting the Arts		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1994	Hi Octane	Self	75
2	2004	Leçon de Cinéma	Self	70
3	2011	Portlandia	Gus Van Sant	69
4	2011	The Story of Film: An Odyssey	Self	76
5	2012	The Greatest Event in Television History	Self	70

Gus Van Sant

Film

Television