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Gus Van Sant

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In 1992 received the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) of Oregon's Freedom of Expression Award, which recognizes courage or creative vision in upholding free expression, particularly in the arts, for his films that have, " let us see inside the lives of individuals we don't often get a glimpse at." See more trivia »

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Gus Greene Van Sant Junior
in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Filmography

Hide HideProducer (20 titles)
2013 City of Gold (executive producer) (filming)
 
2011-2012 Boss (TV series) (executive producer - 18 episodes)
– True Enough (2012) (executive producer)
– Clinch (2012) (executive producer)
– Consequence (2012) (executive producer)
– The Conversation (2012) (executive producer)
– Backflash (2012) (executive producer)
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2012/II Revolution (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2012 Laurence Anyways (executive producer)
 
2012 Act Up! (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2011/I Restless (producer)
 
2010 Virginia (executive producer)
 
2010 Howl (executive producer)
 
2006 Lightfield's Home Videos (executive producer)
 
2006 Wild Tigers I Have Known (executive producer)
 
2004 On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Tarnation (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1999 Speedway Junky (executive producer)
 
1999 'Psycho' Path (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1998 Psycho (producer)
 
1995 Kids (executive producer)
 
1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (executive producer - as Gus Van Sant Jr.)
 
1991 Thanksgiving Prayer (short) (producer)
 
1986 Mala Noche (producer)
 
1982 The Discipline of D.E. (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (33 titles)
2012 Promised Land
 
2012 My Own Private River
 
2011 Boss (TV series)
– Listen (2011)
 
2011/I Restless
 
2008/I Milk
 
2008 8 (segment "Mansion on the hill")
 
2007 Paranoid Park
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "First Kiss")
 
2006 Cinema16: American Short Films (video) (segment "The Discipline of D.E.")
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Le Marais")
 
2006 Best of Chris Isaak (video) (music video "San Francisco Days")
 
2005 Last Days
 
2003 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Videos (video documentary) (video "Under the Bridge")
 
2003 Elephant
 
2002 Best of Bowie (video documentary) (video "Fame '90")
 
2002 Gerry
 
2000 Finding Forrester
 
1998 Psycho
 
1997 Good Will Hunting
 
1997 Ballad of the Skeletons (short)
 
1996 Four Boys in a Volvo (short)
 
1996 Understanding (TV short)
 
1995 To Die For
 
1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (as Gus Van Sant Jr.)
 
1993 Bowie: The Video Collection (video) (video "Fame '90")
 
1991 My Own Private Idaho
 
1991 Thanksgiving Prayer (short)
 
1989 Drugstore Cowboy (as Gus Van Sant Jr.)
 
1988 Ken Death Gets Out of Jail (short)
 
1987 My New Friend (short)
 
1987 Five Ways to Kill Yourself (short)
 
1986 Mala Noche
 
1982 The Discipline of D.E. (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (12 titles)
2007 Paranoid Park (screenplay)
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "Le Marais")
 
2005 Last Days (written by)
 
2003 Elephant (written by)
 
2002 Gerry (written by)
 
1997 Ballad of the Skeletons (short)
 
1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (screenplay)
 
1991 My Own Private Idaho (written by)
 
1991 Thanksgiving Prayer (short)
 
1989 Drugstore Cowboy (screenplay / as Gus Van Sant Jr.)
 
1986 Mala Noche (screenplay)
 
1982 The Discipline of D.E. (short)
 
Show ShowEditor (8 titles)
2008 8 (segment "Mansion on the Hill")
 
2007 Paranoid Park
 
2005 Last Days
 
2003 Elephant
 
2002 Gerry
 
1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (as Gus Van Sant Jr.)
 
1986 Mala Noche (uncredited)
 
1982 The Discipline of D.E. (short)
 
Show ShowActor (7 titles)
2013 The Canyons (completed)
Dr. Campbell
 
2008 Entourage (TV series)
Gus Van Sant
– Return to Queens Blvd (2008) … Gus Van Sant
 
2007 Paranoid Park
Guy reading newspaper (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
2005 Last Days
Phone Voice (voice)
 
2000 Finding Forrester
Library Assistant (uncredited)
 
1998 Psycho
Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
 
1991 My Own Private Idaho
Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSound Department (4 titles)
2008/I Milk (sound re-recording mixer)
 
2000 Finding Forrester (re-recording mixer)
 
1997 Good Will Hunting (sound re-recording mixer)
 
1979 Property (sound recordist)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2006 Queens of Heart: Community Therapists in Drag (documentary) (production consultant)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1987 King Cole's Party (video) (slate)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1986 Mala Noche (performer: "To Die For Your Love")
 
Show ShowThanks (16 titles)
2012 Massholes (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Good Will Hollywood (2012) (special thanks)
 
2010/I I'm Still Here (special thanks)
 
2010 Shit Year (thanks)
 
2010 Ocean State (thanks)
 
2009 Accidents Happen (special thanks)
 
2008 Selfless (special thanks)
 
2008 It's All in Place (short) (film dedicated to)
 
2008/III El camino (special thanks)
 
2007 I'm Not There. (special thanks)
 
2006 Shortbus (thanks)
 
2005 Junebug (thanks)
 
2004 Undertow (thanks)
 
2000 Saint Jude (thanks)
 
2000 Eban and Charley (special thanks)
 
1999 Reputations (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
– Alfred Hitchcock (1999) (thanks)
 
1995 The Celluloid Closet (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (37 titles)
2003-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 18 December 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 28 November 2008 (2008) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 22 October 2003 (2003) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 The Greatest Event in Television History (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Une journée particulière (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #1.14 (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2011 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 May 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Cannes Film Festival 2011 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Portlandia (TV series)
Himself
– Blunderbuss (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Advocate for Fagdom (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Efter Tio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Searching for Elliott Smith (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Milk: Hollywood Comes to San Francisco (documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director
 
2008 Critico (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 In the Mood for Doyle (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Here's Looking at You, Boy (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Wanderlust (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Comme au cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The Making of Gus Van Sant's 'Last Days' (video short)
Himself
 
2004 The American Avant Garde (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.16 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Larry Clark, Great American Rebel (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Politique et spectacle (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 May 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Himself
 
2001 Rescued from the Closet (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Finding Forrester (2000) … Himself
 
1999 'Psycho' Path (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Strange Parallel (documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Gomorron (TV series)
Himself - Om Filmen
– Om filmen 'Good Will Hunting' (1998) … Himself - Om Filmen
 
1998 The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1997 The Making of 'Good Will Hunting' (video documentary short)
Himself - Director
 
1993 Cinefile: Made in the USA (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 July 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks (video)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2004 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (TV special documentary)
Himself - #85: Psycho: The Remake
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Did all photography for the cover and booklet for the Red Hot Chili Peppers album "Blood Sugar Sex Magic". See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 15 Interviews  | 10 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Gus Van Sant Jr.

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Different filmmakers do it different ways. My way was to make something for cheap. It's a good deal for people to give me $3 million for a movie. So they don't have a lot of requirements. If I was looking for $30 million, then they need more requirements. They need movie stars, and they need backup for their money... See more »

Trivia:

In 1992 received the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) of Oregon's Freedom of Expression Award, which recognizes courage or creative vision in upholding free expression, particularly in the arts, for his films that have, " let us see inside the lives of individuals we don't often get a glimpse at." See more »

Trademark:

His end credits are often run over film footage (i.e. home movies in 'Drugstore Cowboy', ice skating in 'To Die For', an incoming storm in 'Elephant') instead of the usual solid black. A notable exception is 'My Own Private Idaho'. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo