GUS VAN SANT
Name: Gus Van Sant
Born: 24 July 1952 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Gus Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American film director, photographer,
musician, and author. He was nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for
his 1997 film Good Will Hunting. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the Pacific
Northwest. Openly gay, he has dealt unflinchingly with homosexual and other
marginalized subcultures without being particularly concerned about providing
positive role models.
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 the late River Phoenix (Van Sant also planned to direct a
biographical film about Andy Warhol with Phoenix in the lead role, but canceled
the project after Phoenix's death). He is perhaps best known for directing Good
Will Hunting.
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.
Name: Gus Van Sant
Born: 24 July 1952 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Gus Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American film director, photographer,
musician, and author. He was nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for
his 1997 film Good Will Hunting. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the Pacific
Northwest. Openly gay, he has dealt unflinchingly with homosexual and other
marginalized subcultures without being particularly concerned about providing
positive role models.
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 the late River Phoenix (Van Sant also planned to direct a
biographical film about Andy Warhol with Phoenix in the lead role, but canceled
the project after Phoenix's death). He is perhaps best known for directing Good
Will Hunting.
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.