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Gus Van Sant Jr. was born July 24, 1952 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He is an American Academy Award nominated film director, photographer, musician, and author.

Van Sant was nominated for a Best Director Academy Award in 1998 for Good Will Hunting, and won Best Director and Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant.

Before breaking into the mainstream directing Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997), Gus Van Sant staked out a reputation as an independent filmmaker specializing in artsy depictions of skid row lowlifes. Both Drugstore Cowboy (1989) and My Own Private Idaho (1991) used Hollywood actors but had the look, feel and limited commercial success of small, independent features.

In 1997 Van Sant published his first novel, Pink, and in 1998 he made waves with a quirky shot-by-shot remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 hit Psycho.

He has released two CDs entitled "Gus van Sant" and "18 Songs About Golf". He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

Director

• 8 (2008) 
• Paranoid Park (2007)
• Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007)
• Paris, je t'aime (2006)
• Last Days (2005)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Videos (2003)
• Elephant (2003)
• Best of Bowie (2002)
• Gerry (2002)
• Finding Forrester (2000)
• Psycho (1998)
• Good Will Hunting (1997)
• Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)
• Four Boys in a Volvo (1996)
• Understanding (1996) (TV)
• To Die For (1995)
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
• Bowie: The Video Collection (1993)
• My Own Private Idaho (1991)
• Thanksgiving Prayer (1991)
• Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
• Five Ways to Kill Yourself (1987)
• My New Friend (1987)
• Ken Death Gets Out of Jail (1987)
• Mala Noche (1985)
• The Discipline of D.E. (1982)

Awards

• Cannes Film Festival Best Director "Elephant" 2003
• Palme d'Or "Elephant" 2003
• Independent Spirit Award Best Screenplay "My Own Private Idaho" 1991
• Independent Spirit Award Best Screenplay "Drugstore Cowboy" 1989
• Los Angeles Film Critics Best Screenplay "Drugstore Cowboy" 1989
• National Society of Film Critics Best Picture "Drugstore Cowboy" 1989
• National Society of Film Critics Best Screenplay "Drugstore Cowboy" 1989
• National Society of Film Critics Best Director "Drugstore Cowboy" 1989
• New York Film Critics Best Screenplay "Drugstore Cowboy" 1989
• Los Angeles Film Critics Best Independent/Experimental Film "Mala Noche" 1987