Director
Gus Van Sant
July 24, 1952 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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.
Notable work
8.2Good Will Hunting (1997)
Director
7.2Milk (2008)
Director
7Elephant (2003)
Director
6.4Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
as Gus Van Sant
7My Own Private Idaho (1991)
as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited) and Director
7.1Finding Forrester (2000)
as Library Assistant (uncredited) and Director
5.1Psycho (1998)
as Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited) and Director
6.6To Die For (1995)
Director
6.7Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
as Willamette Week Editor and Director
6.3Promised Land (2012)
Director
7.4Entourage (2004)
as Gus Van Sant
6.5Paranoid Park (2007)
as Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited) and Director
Often works with
Matt Damon
5 titles together
Good Will Hunting, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Finding Forrester
Casey Affleck
3 titles together
Good Will Hunting, To Die For, Gerry
Scott Patrick Green
3 titles together
My Own Private Idaho, Paranoid Park, Last Days
Ben Affleck
2 titles together
Good Will Hunting, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Alison Folland
2 titles together
Good Will Hunting, To Die For
Elias McConnell
2 titles together
Milk, Elephant
Full filmography · 50
Dead Man's Wire
Director
20266.5
The Trainer
as Gus Van Sant
2024
Andy by Gus
cast
2023
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
Director and Writer
2020
Zeroville
as Film Archive Curator
20195
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Willamette Week Editor and Director
20186.7
Ain't It Funny
as Dad
2017
The Sea of Trees
Director
20166.2
The Canyons
as Dr. Campbell
20134.4
Promised Land
Director
20126.3
My Own Private River
Director
2012
Restless
Director
20116.5