Gus Van Sant

Director
Producer
Actor

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Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, Promised Land, Drugstore Cowboy and Mala Noche.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 44 wins & 69 nominations total

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Known for

Elephant

7.1

Director

2003

Paranoid Park

6.6

Director

2007

Drugstore Cowboy

7.2

Director(as Gus Van Sant Jr.)

1989

My Own Private Idaho

7.0

Director

1991

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Director

Feud
8.3
TV Series
- Director
- 2024
Ouverture of Something that Never Ended
7.8
TV Series
- Director
- 2020
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
6.8
- Director
- 2018
Facebook: World of Hopes
3.3
TV Short
- Director
- 2018
When We Rise
7.5
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 2017
The Devil You Know
4.9
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 2015
The Sea of Trees
6.1
- Director
- 2015
Promised Land
6.6
- Director
- 2012
My Own Private River
7.4
- Director
- 2012
Boss
8.1
TV Series
- Director (directed by)
- 2011
Restless
6.7
- Director
- 2011
Milk
7.5
- Director
- 2008
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5.8
- Director (segment Mansion on the hill)
- 2008
To Each His Own Cinema
6.7
- Director (segment First Kiss)
- 2007
Paranoid Park
6.6
- Director
- 2007

Producer

Feud
8.3
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2024
Le censeur des reves
7.2
Short
- executive producer
- 2021
Age Out
6.0
- executive producer
- 2018
When We Rise
7.5
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2017
City of Gold
4.4
- executive producer
- 2015
I Am Michael
5.6
- executive producer
- 2015
Promised Land
6.6
- executive producer
- 2012
Boss
8.1
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2011–2012
Revolution
7.3
- executive producer
- 2012
Laurence Anyways
7.6
- executive producer
- 2012
Act Up!
7.2
- executive producer
- 2012
Restless
6.7
- producer
- 2011
Virginia
5.4
- executive producer
- 2010
Howl
6.6
- executive producer
- 2010
Lightfield's Home Videos
7.1
Video
- executive producer
- 2006

Actor

The Trainer
7.7
- (uncredited)
- 2024
Zeroville
4.6
- Film Archive Curator
- 2019
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
6.8
- Willamette Week Editor
- 2018
Danny Brown: Ain't It Funny
8.0
Music Video
- Dad
- 2017
Portlandia
7.8
TV Series
- Gus Van Sant
- 2011–2014
The Canyons
3.8
- Dr. Campbell
- 2013
Entourage
8.4
TV Series
- Gus Van Sant
- 2008
Paranoid Park
6.6
- Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
- 2007
Last Days
5.7
- Phone Voice (voice)
- 2005
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
6.8
- Gus Van Sant
- 2001
Finding Forrester
7.3
- Library Assistant (uncredited)
- 2000
Psycho
4.6
- Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
- 1998
My Own Private Idaho
7.0
- Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
- 1991
Five Ways to Kill Yourself
6.5
Short
- 1987
Mala Noche
6.5
- Guy at Hotel (uncredited)
- 1986

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Personal details

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Official site
- MySpace
Alternative names
- Gus Van Sant Jr.
Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Born
- July 24, 1952
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Parents
- Gus Van Sant Sr.
Other works
Did all photography for the cover and booklet for the Red Hot Chili Peppers album "Blood Sugar Sex Magic".
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Trivia
Van Sant had planned to make a film about artist Andy Warhol with River Phoenix starring as the young Warhol, but plans were scrapped after Phoenix's death.

Quotes
When asked "Why in the hell would you want to do a shot-by-shot remake of Psycho in color?" He serenely replied "So no one else would have to."