Gus Van Sant
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Editor
24 July 1952 (73 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Boss (2011)On Plex |
| 2011 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Paris, Je T'aimeOn Plex |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | GerryOn Plex |
| 2000 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1989 | Drugstore CowboyOn Plex |
| 1986 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1979 |
| 2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | Paranoid Park · as Screenplay |
| 2006 | Paris, Je T'aimeOn Plex |
| 2005 | Last Days · as Screenplay |
| 2003 | Elephant · as Screenplay |
| 2002 | GerryOn Plex |
| 1997 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | My Own Private Idaho · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1986 | Mala Noche · as Screenplay |
| 1982 |
| 2021 | Censor of Dreams · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Age Out · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Feud · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | When We Rise · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | I Am Michael · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2015 | City of Gold · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Promised Land · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Laurence Anyways · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Revolution · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2011 | Boss (2011) · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Howl · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2010 | Virginia · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2006 | Lightfield's Home Videos · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Wild Tigers I Have Known · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Tarnation · as Executive Producer |
| 1999 | Speedway Junky · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | Psycho Path · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | |
| 1995 | Kids · as Executive Producer |
| 1993 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues · as Executive Producer |
| 1991 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1982 |
| 2019 | Zeroville · as Film Archive Curator |
| 2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot · as Willamette Week Editor |
| 2018 | |
| 2013 | The Canyons · as Dr. Campbell |
| 2007 | Paranoid Park · as Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited) |
| 2005 | Last Days · as Phone Voice (voice) |
| 2000 | Finding Forrester · as Library Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Psycho · as Man Talking To Man In Cowboy Hat (uncredited) |
| 1995 | |
| 1991 | My Own Private Idaho · as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Mala Noche · as Guy At Hotel (uncredited) |
| 2018 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | GerryOn Plex |
| 1993 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1982 |
| 2008 | Milk · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1978 | Property · as Sound |