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.
45 movies · 6 shows
The Trainer
2024·6.8
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023·7.8
Andy by Gus
2023·0.0
At the Video Store
2019·10.0
Zeroville
2019·5.0
Illegal Civilization 3
2018·5.0
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018·6.7
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
2018·0.0
Ain't It Funny
2017·0.0
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016·6.0
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
2015·6.7
About Cinema
2015·8.2
The Canyons
2013·4.4
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
2012·0.0
A Special Day
2012·6.0
The Advocate for Fagdom
2011·5.3
Two Films, One Legacy
2011·0.0
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010·6.5
Making Paranoid Park
2008·0.0
Critic
2008·7.9
In the Mood for Doyle
2007·4.0
Paranoid Park
2007·6.5
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007·4.8
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006·5.4
Last Days
2005·5.6
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
2004·10.0
The Making of Last Days
2004·0.0
Saltlake Van Sant
2003·8.0
About Elephant
2003·0.0
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001·6.4
Rescued from the Closet
2001·6.5
Finding Forrester
2000·7.1
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
1999·0.0
Psycho Path
1999·7.2
Psycho
1998·5.1
Strange Parallel
1998·6.4
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
1998·0.0
Guns on the Clackamas
1995·6.0
Made in the USA
1993·2.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
1991·7.1
My Own Private Idaho
1991·7.0
Drugstore Cowboy
1989·7.1
Junior
1988·0.0
Mala Noche
1987·6.1
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
1987·3.3