The Trainer
2024 · Movie
as Gus Van Sant
Gus Van Sant
1952-07-24
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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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.
Filmography
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023 · Movie
as Self (interview)
Andy by Gus
2023 · Movie
Zeroville
2019 · Movie
as Film Archive Curator
At the Video Store
2019 · Movie
as Self
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
2018 · Movie
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 · Movie
as Willamette Week Editor
Illegal Civilization 3
2018 · Movie
as Self
Ain't It Funny
2017 · Movie
as Dad
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016 · Movie
as Self
About Cinema
2015 · Movie
as Self
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
2015 · Movie
as Self
The Canyons
2013 · Movie
as Dr. Campbell
A Special Day
2012 · Movie
as Self
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
2012 · Movie
as Self
The Greatest Event in Television History
2012 · TV Show
as Self
The Advocate for Fagdom
2011 · Movie
as Self
Two Films, One Legacy
2011 · Movie
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · TV Show
as Self
Portlandia
2011 · TV Show
as Gus Van Sant
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010 · Movie
as Self
Critic
2008 · Movie
as Self
Making Paranoid Park
2008 · Movie
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007 · Movie
as Self
In the Mood for Doyle
2007 · Movie
as Self
Paranoid Park
2007 · Movie
as Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006 · Movie
as Self
Last Days
2005 · Movie
as Phone Voice (voice)
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
2004 · Movie
as Himself
The Making of Last Days
2004 · Movie
as Himself
Leçon de Cinéma
2004 · TV Show
as Self
Entourage
2004 · TV Show
as Gus Van Sant
About Elephant
2003 · Movie
as Self
Saltlake Van Sant
2003 · Movie
as Self
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 · Movie
as Gus Van Sant
Rescued from the Closet
2001 · Movie
as Self
Finding Forrester
2000 · Movie
as Library Assistant (uncredited)
Psycho Path
1999 · Movie
as Self - Director
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy
1999 · Movie
Strange Parallel
1998 · Movie
as Self
Psycho
1998 · Movie
as Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
1998 · Movie
as himself
Guns on the Clackamas
1995 · Movie
Hi Octane
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Made in the USA
1993 · Movie
as Self
My Own Private Idaho
1991 · Movie
as Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
1991 · Movie
as Self
Drugstore Cowboy
1989 · Movie
as Himself (uncredited)
Junior
1988 · Movie
as Himself
Mala Noche
1987 · Movie
as Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
1987 · Movie
No image
Nightmare Typhoon
· Movie
as Gus
Crew Credits
Dead Man's Wire
2026 · Movie
Director
Andy by Gus
2023 · Movie
Music
Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana
2021 · Movie
Producer
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
2020 · Movie
Director, Writer
Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended
2020 · TV Show
Creator
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 · Movie
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Story
Age Out
2018 · Movie
Executive Producer
When We Rise
2017 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Director
FEUD
2017 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Director
The Sea of Trees
2016 · Movie
Director
Certain Women
2016 · Movie
Thanks
I Am Michael
2015 · Movie
Executive Producer
Strutter
2013 · Movie
Thanks
Promised Land
2012 · Movie
Director, Executive Producer
Laurence Anyways
2012 · Movie
Executive Producer
My Own Private River
2012 · Movie
Director
Restless
2011 · Movie
Director, Producer
Boss
2011 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Director
Virginia
2010 · Movie
Executive Producer
Howl
2010 · Movie
Executive Producer
I'm Still Here
2010 · Movie
Thanks
Shit Year
2010 · Movie
Thanks
Accidents Happen
2009 · Movie
Thanks
Milk
2008 · Movie
Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
8
2008 · Movie
Director, Editor
No image
Mansion on the Hill
2008 · Movie
Director
Paranoid Park
2007 · Movie
Screenplay, Director, Editor
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Movie
Director
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Movie
Director, Writer
Best of Chris Isaak
2006 · Movie
Director
Le Marais
2006 · Movie
Writer, Director
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006 · Movie
Director
Wild Tigers I Have Known
2006 · Movie
Executive Producer
Last Days
2005 · Movie
Director, Screenplay, Editor
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
2004 · Movie
Executive Producer
Tarnation
2003 · Movie
Executive Producer
Elephant
2003 · Movie
Screenplay, Editor, Director
Gerry
2002 · Movie
Editor, Director, Writer
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
2002 · Movie
Director
Finding Forrester
2000 · Movie
Director
No image
De Witt Clinton Choir
2000 · Movie
Director
No image
Easter
2000 · Movie
Director
Speedway Junky
1999 · Movie
Executive Producer
Psycho Path
1999 · Movie
Executive Producer
Psycho
1998 · Movie
Producer, Director
Good Will Hunting
1997 · Movie
Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ballad of the Skeletons
1997 · Movie
Writer, Director
Four Boys in a Volvo
1996 · Movie
Director
To Die For
1995 · Movie
Director
Kids
1995 · Movie
Executive Producer
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · Movie
Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
My Own Private Idaho
1991 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Thanksgiving Prayer
1991 · Movie
Director, Producer
No image
Flea Sings
1991 · Movie
Director
Drugstore Cowboy
1989 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Junior
1988 · Movie
Director
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail
1988 · Movie
Director
Mala Noche
1987 · Movie
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
My New Friend
1987 · Movie
Director
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
1987 · Movie
Director, Writer
No image
Switzerland
1985 · Movie
Director
The Discipline of D.E.
1982 · Movie
Director
Psycho Shampoo
1979 · Movie
Director
Property
1979 · Movie
Sound
1/2 of a Telephone Conversation
1973 · Movie
Director
Little Johnny
1972 · Movie
Director
No image
The Happy Organ
1971 · Movie
Director
No image
Killing Gawker
· Movie
Director
No image
Antinous
· Movie
Producer
No image
My Friend
· Movie
Director
No image
Explain it Like I’m Five
· Movie
Director
No image
Nightmare Typhoon
· Movie
Director
No image
Last Days
· Movie
Original Film Writer
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Untitled Hoyt Richards Film
· Movie
Director
