Overview
Gus Van Sant
Known For
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident,...
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Actors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent...
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
I Don’t Belong Anywhere - Le Cinéma de Chantal Akerman,...
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
Documentary featurette for the 15th Anniversary Edition of Good Will...
Biography
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.