Actor

Gus Van Sant

Directing

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Acting credits

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

2.6

Moderate attention

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Movies: 88Series: 10Crew credits: 60

TMDB ID: 5216

IMDb ID: nm0001814

Known for: Directing

Born: July 24, 1952

Age: 73

Place of birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2025

Years active: 54

Average TMDB rating: 6.38

Wikidata: Q25186

Also known as

Gus Van Sant Jr. • 거스 밴 샌트 • گاس ون سنت

Other jobs

Director (31)Executive Producer (14)Thanks (4)Producer (3)Screenplay (2)Writer (2)Creator (1)Editor (1)

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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.