Gus Van Sant

Director

Born: July 24, 1952 (age 73)
From: 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…

Filmography (84)

Dead Man's Wire (2026)
Director
The Trainer (2024)
Gus Van Sant
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open (2023)
Self (interview)
Andy by Gus (2023)
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended (2020)
Director
At the Video Store (2019)
Self
Zeroville (2019)
Film Archive Curator
Illegal Civilization 3 (2018)
Self
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
Director
Thank You for Supporting the Arts (2018)
Ain't It Funny (2017)
Dad
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible (2016)
Self
The Sea of Trees (2016)
Director
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman (2015)
Self
About Cinema (2015)
Self
The Canyons (2013)
Dr. Campbell
Promised Land (2012)
Director
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later (2012)
Self
A Special Day (2012)
Self
My Own Private River (2012)
Director
The Advocate for Fagdom (2011)
Self
Restless (2011)
Director
Two Films, One Legacy (2011)
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
Self
Milk (2008)
Director
8 (2008)
Director
Mansion on the Hill
Mansion on the Hill (2008)
Director
Making Paranoid Park (2008)
Critic (2008)
Self
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Director