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Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant
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Director

Birthday: (72) 1952-07-24

Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Also known as: Gus Van Sant Jr., 거스 밴 샌트, گاس ون سنت,

Bio:

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.

Other:

Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting
Laurence Anyways
My Own Private River
Cinema16: American Short Films
Milk
Milk
My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho
Drugstore Cowboy
Drugstore Cowboy
Finding Forrester
Elephant
Elephant
Elephant
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
Tarnation
Kids
Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime
Le Marais
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Le Marais
Psycho Path
To Die For
Paranoid Park
Paranoid Park
Paranoid Park
To Each His Own Cinema
Restless
Howl
Restless
Thanksgiving Prayer
Thanksgiving Prayer
Age Out
Promised Land
Promised Land
The Sea of Trees
Mala Noche
Mala Noche
Mala Noche
Mala Noche
Gerry
Gerry
Best of Chris Isaak
Gerry
I'm Still Here
Ballad of the Skeletons
Ballad of the Skeletons
The Discipline of D.E.
Accidents Happen
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Last Days
Last Days
Last Days
I Am Michael
Speedway Junky
Virginia
Shit Year
8
8
Psycho
Psycho
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Four Boys in a Volvo
Property
My New Friend
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana
Psycho Shampoo
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
Strutter
Little Johnny
1/2 of a Telephone Conversation
The Prince of Fashion
The Prince of Fashion
Easter

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