Gus Van Sant
Birthday
1952/07/24 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Also know as
Gus Van Sant Jr., 거스 밴 샌트, گاس ون سنت
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 conc...Read more
Acting
(2001) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
as Gus Van Sant
(1993) Made in the USA
as Self
(2010) William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
(1995) Guns on the Clackamas
as ---
(2013) The Canyons
as Dr. Campbell
(2011) The Advocate for Fagdom
as Self
(1998) Strange Parallel
as Self
(2024) The Trainer
as ---
(2007) Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
(2007) In the Mood for Doyle
as Self
(2000) Finding Forrester
as Library Assistant (uncredited)
(2004) On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
as Himself
(2023) Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
as Self (interview)
(2019) Zeroville
as Film Archive Curator
(2016) Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
as Self
(2003) About Elephant
as Self
(2019) At the Video Store
as Self
(2015) About Cinema
as Self
(2024) who is Gus Van Sant?
as Himself
(2015) I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
as Self
(2006) Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self
(2003) Saltlake Van Sant
as Self
(2000) Psycho Path
as Self - Director
(2005) The Making of ‘My Own Private Idaho’
as Self
(2012) A Special Day
as Self
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
as ---
(1988) Junior
as Himself
(2018) Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Willamette Week Editor
(1988) Mala Noche
as Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
(1991) My Own Private Idaho
as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
(1998) Psycho
as Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
(2005) Last Days
as Phone Voice (voice)
(2007) Paranoid Park
as Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
(2004) The Making of Last Days
as Himself
(1987) Five Ways to Kill Yourself
as ---
(2008) Critic
as Self
(1999) The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
as ---
(2008) Making Paranoid Park
as ---
(1989) Drugstore Cowboy
as Himself (uncredited)
(2018) Illegal Civilization 3
as Self
(2001) Rescued from the Closet
as Self
(1991) Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks
as Self
(2012) Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
as Self
(2012) The Greatest Event in Television History
as Self
(2011) The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
(2011) Portlandia
as Gus Van Sant
(2004) Leçon de Cinéma
as Self
(1994) Hi Octane
as Self