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Gus Van Sant
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn July 24, 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.
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Gus Van Sant Filmography
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| 2020 | Gucci Ouverture of Something that never ended (TV Series) |
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| 2017 | Feud (TV Series) |
| 2017 | When We Rise (TV Series) |
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| 2011 | Boss (2011) (TV Series) |
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| 2024 | The Trainer · as Gus Van Sant |
| 2024 | The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2023 | Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open · as Self (interview) |
| 2021 | Superstar (2021) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | At the Video Store · as Self |
| 2017 | Um Filme de Cinema · as Self |
| 2016 | Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible · as Self |
| 2016 | Author: The JT LeRoy Story · as Self |
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| 2014 | Heaven Adores You · as Self |
| 2012 | The Greatest Event in Television History (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Trespassing Bergman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Une journée particulière · as Self |
| 2011 | The Advocate for Fagdom · as Self |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Portlandia (TV Series) · as Gus Van Sant |
| 2010 | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within · as Self |
| 2009 | Searching for Elliott Smith · as Self |
| 2009 | Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2008 | Crítico · as Self |
| 2007 | In the Mood for Doyle · as Self |
| 2007 | Here's Looking at You, Boy · as Self |
| 2006 | Wanderlust · as Self |
| 2006 | Efter tio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Making of Last Days · as Himself |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Entourage (TV Series) · as Gus Van Sant |
| 2004 | 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops · as Self - #85: Psycho: The Remake |
| 2001 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back · as Gus Van Sant |
| 2001 | Rescued from the Closet · as Self |
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| 1998 | Psycho Path · as Self - Director |
| 1998 | The 70th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1998 | The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self |
| 1994 | Hi Octane (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy · as Himself (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | Paranoid Park · as Screenplay |
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| 2005 | Last Days · as Screenplay |
| 2003 | Elephant · as Screenplay |
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| 1991 | My Own Private Idaho · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | Mala Noche · as Screenplay |
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| 2021 | Censor of Dreams · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Age Out · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Feud (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | When We Rise (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | I Am Michael · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | City of Gold · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Promised Land · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Laurence Anyways · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Revolution · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Boss (2011) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 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 |
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| 1995 | Kids · as Executive Producer |
| 1993 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues · as Executive Producer |
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| 2019 | Zeroville · as Film Archive Curator |
| 2018 | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot · as Willamette Week Editor |
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| 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) |
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| 1991 | My Own Private Idaho · as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Mala Noche · as Guy At Hotel (uncredited) |
| 2008 | Milk · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 1978 | Property · as Sound |