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Gus Van Sant
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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 Achievem…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Dead Man's Wire
Movie Director
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2024
The Trainer
Movie Gus Van Sant
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2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Movie Self (interview)
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2023
Andy by Gus
Movie
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2021
Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana
Movie Producer
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2020
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
Movie Director
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2020
Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended
TV show Creator
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2019
At the Video Store
Movie Self
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2019
Zeroville
Movie Film Archive Curator
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2018
Illegal Civilization 3
Movie Self
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2018
Age Out
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Movie Willamette Week Editor
- 2018
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2017
Ain't It Funny
Movie Dad
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2017
FEUD
TV show Executive Producer
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2017
When We Rise
TV show Executive Producer
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2016
Certain Women
Movie Thanks
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2016
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Movie Self
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2016
The Sea of Trees
Movie Director
- 2015
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2015
About Cinema
Movie Self
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2015
I Am Michael
Movie Executive Producer
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2013
The Canyons
Movie Dr. Campbell
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2013
Strutter
Movie Thanks
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2012
The Greatest Event in Television History
TV show Self
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2012
Promised Land
Movie Director
- 2012
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2012
Laurence Anyways
Movie Executive Producer
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2012
A Special Day
Movie Self
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2012
My Own Private River
Movie Director
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2011
The Advocate for Fagdom
Movie Self
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2011
Boss
TV show Executive Producer
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2011
Restless
Movie Director
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2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV show Self
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2011
Two Films, One Legacy
Movie
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2011
Portlandia
TV show Gus Van Sant
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2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Movie Self
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2010
I'm Still Here
Movie Thanks
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2010
Howl
Movie Executive Producer
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2010
Virginia
Movie Executive Producer
