Directed credits
31
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Gus Van Sant
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.6
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 31Directed series: 0All crew credits: 60
TMDB ID: 5216
IMDb ID: nm0001814
Known for: Directing
Born: July 24, 1952
Age: 73
Place of birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2025
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.38
Wikidata: Q25186
Also known as
Gus Van Sant Jr. • 거스 밴 샌트 • گاس ون سنت
Frequent jobs
Director (31)Executive Producer (14)Thanks (4)Producer (3)Screenplay (2)Writer (2)Creator (1)Editor (1)Music (1)
Biography
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.
Photos
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Gus Van Sant.
6.6
Dead Man's Wire
Director
2025 Movie
6.5
Ouverture of Something That Never Ended
Director
2020 Movie
6.7
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Director
2018 Movie
6.2
The Sea of Trees
Director
2016 Movie
6.3
Promised Land
Director
2012 Movie
7.5
My Own Private River
Director
2012 Movie
6.5
Restless
Director
2011 Movie
7.2
Milk
Director
2008 Movie
5.2
8
Director
2008 Movie
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007 Movie
6.5
Paranoid Park
Director
2007 Movie
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
Director
2006 Movie
7.5
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
2006 Movie
6.0
Best of Chris Isaak
Director
2006 Movie
5.5
Last Days
Director
2005 Movie
7.0
David Bowie: Best of Bowie
Director
2002 Movie
7.1
Finding Forrester
Director
2000 Movie
Easter
Director
2000 Movie
8.2
Good Will Hunting
Director
1997 Movie
2.3
Four Boys in a Volvo
Director
1996 Movie
6.6
To Die For
Director
1995 Movie
4.4
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Director
1994 Movie
7.1
My Own Private Idaho
Director
1991 Movie
6.0
Thanksgiving Prayer
Director
1991 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Gus Van Sant.
8.2
Good Will Hunting
Director
1997 Movie
7.6
Laurence Anyways
Executive Producer
2012 Movie
7.2
Milk
Director
2008 Movie
7.1
Finding Forrester
Director
2000 Movie
7.1
My Own Private Idaho
Director
1991 Movie
7.1
Drugstore Cowboy
Screenplay
1989 Movie
7.0
Elephant
Screenplay
2003 Movie
6.9
Kids
Executive Producer
1995 Movie
6.8
Tarnation
Executive Producer
2003 Movie
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
Director
2006 Movie
6.7
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Director
2018 Movie
6.6
To Die For
Director
1995 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Gus Van Sant.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Gus Van Sant.
8.2
Good Will Hunting
Director
1997 Movie
5.1
Psycho
Producer
1998 Movie
6.9
Kids
Executive Producer
1995 Movie
5.1
Zeroville
as Film Archive Curator
2019 Movie
7.1
Drugstore Cowboy
Screenplay
1989 Movie
6.6
Dead Man's Wire
Director
2025 Movie
6.0
I'm Still Here
Thanks
2010 Movie
4.7
Shit Year
Thanks
2010 Movie
7.2
Milk
Director
2008 Movie
6.1
Mala Noche
Producer
1987 Movie
6.7
Le Marais
Writer
2006 Movie
Strutter
Thanks
2013 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Gus Van Sant.
7.4
Entourage
as Gus Van Sant • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.6
FEUD
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2017 Series
7.0
Portlandia
as Gus Van Sant • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.2
Boss
Executive Producer • 18 eps
2011 Series
7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.2
When We Rise
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2017 Series
7.0
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.0
The Greatest Event in Television History
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Gus Van Sant.
Andy by Gus
Music
2023 Movie
Joe Gives Up and Moves to Montana
Producer
2021 Movie
6.0
Age Out
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
5.5
I Am Michael
Executive Producer
2015 Movie
Strutter
Thanks
2013 Movie
7.6
Laurence Anyways
Executive Producer
2012 Movie
6.0
I'm Still Here
Thanks
2010 Movie
6.5
Howl
Executive Producer
2010 Movie
5.2
Virginia
Executive Producer
2010 Movie
4.7
Shit Year
Thanks
2010 Movie
5.9
Accidents Happen
Thanks
2009 Movie
5.7
Wild Tigers I Have Known
Executive Producer
2006 Movie
6.7
Le Marais
Writer
2006 Movie
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time
Executive Producer
2004 Movie
6.8
Tarnation
Executive Producer
2003 Movie
7.0
Elephant
Screenplay
2003 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Gus Van Sant.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Gus Van Sant.
6.8
The Trainer
as Gus Van Sant
2024 Movie
7.6
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
as Self (interview)
2023 Movie
Andy by Gus
2023 Movie
10.0
At the Video Store
as Self
2019 Movie
5.1
Zeroville
as Film Archive Curator
2019 Movie
5.0
Illegal Civilization 3
as Self
2018 Movie
6.7
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
as Willamette Week Editor
2018 Movie
Thank You for Supporting the Arts
2018 Movie
6.0
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
as Self
2016 Movie
6.7
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
as Self
2015 Movie
8.2
About Cinema
as Self
2015 Movie
4.4
The Canyons
as Dr. Campbell
2013 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Gus Van Sant.
7.0
The Greatest Event in Television History
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.0
Portlandia
as Gus Van Sant • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.4
Entourage
as Gus Van Sant • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.0
Leçon de Cinéma
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.3
Hi Octane
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series