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Gus Van Sant is an American filmmaker who currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Van Sant's breakthrough came with the Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film Good Will Hunting, though many of his other films have also received popular and critical acclaim.
In 2009, Milk was nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Sean Penn) and Best Director for Van Sant.Official Site: 2009 Oscar Nominees
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Fast Facts
- Full name: Gus Green Van Sant, Jr.
- Birth date: July 24, 1952
- Birth place: Louisville, Kentucky
- Currently lives in: Portland, Oregon
- Likes casting non-professionals
- For his recent film Milk he advertised open casting calls on MySpace for both speaking and non-speaking roles
- Has enjoyed painting since he was a teenager
- Received a 2008 Independent Spirit Awards Nomination in Directing for the film Paranoid Park
- Wrote the novel Pink
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Early Career
- Gus Van Sant began his career directing television commercials in the Pacific Northwest before finding his first major success with Drugstore Cowboy. His films often deal with young people and youth identity crisis. His films are also characterized by their unflinchingly honest portrayals of subculture groups and their refusal to provide positive role models. Van Sant was nominated for one Academy Award for his work on Good Will Hunting, and has won several other awards including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Vision Award at the Toronto Film Festival.
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this is one of the few times ive seen a good film on regular cable...Elephant by Gus Van Sant is on!
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✇ Gus Van Sant - Mala Noche/Paranoid Park [UK Import]. http://bit.ly/1PrF5J
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To Die For: 9/10 One of Gus Van Sant's best films, plot wise. a little lacking as far as direction goes, but quite good
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Gus Van Sant: An Unauthorized Biography - $24.95
Enigmatic, retiring, and openly gay, Gus Van Sant is one of the best-known independent filmmakers. An active and honored director for two decades, noted for his rapport with actors, Van Sant nevertheless remains aloof from Hollywood, prefe...
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues/My Own Private Idaho/2 Screen Plays in 1 Volume - $16.95
These two novels have both been made into films. "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" is an epic of cowgirls, FBI agents and ecstatic whooping. "My Own Private Idaho" charts the pilgrimage of a narcoleptic hustler who is searching for his long-los...
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - $19.98
From the director of Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho comes a star-studded comedy based on the best-selling novel by Tom Robbins. The cowgirls on the Rubber Rose Ranch are staging a rebellion. Delores Del Ruby (Bracco) is l...
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Mala Noche - Criterion Collection - $29.95
With its low budget and lush black-and-white imagery, Gus Van Sant's debut feature Mala Noche heralded an idiosyncratic, provocative new voice in American independent film. Set in Van Sant's hometown of Portland, Oregon, the film evokes a w...
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Elephant: A Film By Gus Van Sant - $5.98
Winner of the Palme d'Or and Best Director prizes at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, Gus Van Sant's (Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester) Elephant takes us inside an American high school on one, single ordinary day that very rapidly turns t...
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View All Gus Van Sant Questions (85) | Ask a QuestionWho *will* win the best director Oscar for 2009? Who *should* win the Best director Oscar for 2009? - Featured (4 Answers)Who Will Win – Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire). I think Slumdog is going to sweep the Oscars, with no exception in this category. Who Should Win – Gus Van Sant ... read moreWill the same movie win both oscars this time - Best Picture and Best Director? Which one? (2 Answers)I think it would be a shock if ''Slumdog Millionaire'' and its director, Danny Boyle didn't win for the 2009 Oscars. All the buzz has been about ''Slumdog'' and although ... read moreWhats the best all-wheel drive van? (2 Answers)I would agree that the Chrysler T&C; and similar Dodge Grand Caravan are nice but they have not been available with all wheel drive since 2005 because of the trick ... read moreWho's looking forward to Guitar Hero:Van Halen? (2 Answers)I rented Guitar Hero 5 and bought Beatles Rock Band. I really like those games, but I get tired of them after awhile. I will probably rent Guitar Hero:Van Halen. read more
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Gus Van Sant Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- July 24, 1952: Born
- 1982: The Discipline of D.E.
- 1989: Drugstore Cowboy
- 1991: My Own Private Idaho
- 1993: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
- 1995: To Die For
- 1997: Good Will Hunting
- 1998: Academy Award Nomination for Good Will Hunting
- 1998: Psycho
- 2000: Finding Forrester
- 2002: Gerry
- 2003: Elephant
- 2005: Last Days
- 2007: Paranoid Park
- 2009: Milk
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