Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/24/1952
Place of Birth
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
Gus Van Sant Jr.거스 밴 샌트گاس ون سنت
Gus Van Sant
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 inc...
Known For
Paranoid Park
as Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Finding Forrester
as Library Assistant (uncredited)
The Canyons
as Dr. Campbell
Critic
as Self
Zeroville
as Film Archive Curator
At the Video Store
as Self
My Own Private Idaho
as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
The Trainer
as Gus Van Sant
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
as Gus Van Sant
Drugstore Cowboy
as Himself (uncredited)
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Willamette Week Editor
The Advocate for Fagdom
as Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self
Last Days
as Phone Voice (voice)
About Elephant
as Self
The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’
as Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
Illegal Civilization 3
as Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
Rescued from the Closet
as Self