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Filmography
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Known For
Elephant Director (2003) -
My Own Private Idaho Director (1991) -
Drugstore Cowboy Director (1989) -
Known For
Paranoid Park Director (2007) -
Director
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Facebook: World of Hopes (2018) -
When We Rise (2017) -
The Devil You Know (2015) -
The Sea of Trees (2015) -
Promised Land (2012) -
My Own Private River (2012) -
Boss (2011) -
Restless (2011) -
Milk (2008) -
![8]( "8")
8 (2008) -
![Paranoid Park]( "Paranoid Park")
Paranoid Park (2007) -
![To Each His Own Cinema]( "To Each His Own Cinema")
To Each His Own Cinema (2007) -
![Red Hot Chili Peppers: Desecration Smile - Alternative Version]( "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Desecration Smile - Alternative Version")
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![Red Hot Chili Peppers: Desecration Smile]( "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Desecration Smile")
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![Paris, je t'aime]( "Paris, je t'aime")
Paris, je t'aime (2006) -
![Best of Chris Isaak]( "Best of Chris Isaak")
Best of Chris Isaak (2006) -
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![Last Days]( "Last Days")
Last Days (2005) -
![Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Videos]( "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Videos")
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![Elephant]( "Elephant")
Elephant (2003) -
![Best of Bowie]( "Best of Bowie")
Best of Bowie (2002) -
![Gerry]( "Gerry")
Gerry (2002) -
![Finding Forrester]( "Finding Forrester")
Finding Forrester (2000) -
![Psycho]( "Psycho")
Psycho (1998) -
![Hanson: Weird]( "Hanson: Weird")
Hanson: Weird (1998) -
![Good Will Hunting]( "Good Will Hunting")
Good Will Hunting (1997) -
![Allen Ginsberg: The Ballad of the Skeletons]( "Allen Ginsberg: The Ballad of the Skeletons")
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![Candlebox: Understanding]( "Candlebox: Understanding")
Candlebox: Understanding (1996) -
Four Boys in a Volvo (1996)
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![To Die For]( "To Die For")
To Die For (1995) -
![K.D.Lang: Just Keep Me Moving]( "K.D.Lang: Just Keep Me Moving")
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![Bowie: The Video Collection]( "Bowie: The Video Collection")
Bowie: The Video Collection (1993) -
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![Even Cowgirls Get the Blues]( "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues")
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) -
![Chris Isaak: San Francisco Days]( "Chris Isaak: San Francisco Days")
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![Elton John: The Last Song]( "Elton John: The Last Song")
Elton John: The Last Song (1992) -
Deee-Lite: Runaway (1992)
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![Red Hot Chili Peppers: Under the Bridge]( "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Under the Bridge")
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![William Burroughs: Thanksgiving Prayer]( "William Burroughs: Thanksgiving Prayer")
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![My Own Private Idaho]( "My Own Private Idaho")
My Own Private Idaho (1991) -
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![David Bowie: Fame '90]( "David Bowie: Fame '90")
David Bowie: Fame '90 (1990) -
![Drugstore Cowboy]( "Drugstore Cowboy")
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) -
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail (1988)
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My New Friend (1987)
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Five Ways to Kill Yourself (1987)
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![Mala Noche]( "Mala Noche")
Mala Noche (1986) -
Director
![The Discipline of D.E.]( "The Discipline of D.E.")
The Discipline of D.E. (1982) -
Producer
![Age Out]( "Age Out")
Age Out (2018) -
![When We Rise]( "When We Rise")
When We Rise (2017) -
![I Am Michael]( "I Am Michael")
I Am Michael (2015) -
![Promised Land]( "Promised Land")
Promised Land (2012) -
![Boss]( "Boss")
Boss (2011-2012) -
![Revolution]( "Revolution")
Revolution (2012) -
![Laurence Anyways]( "Laurence Anyways")
Laurence Anyways (2012) -
Act Up! (2012)
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![Restless]( "Restless")
Restless (2011) -
![Virginia]( "Virginia")
Virginia (2010) -
![Howl]( "Howl")
Howl (2010) -
Lightfield's Home Videos (2006)
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![Wild Tigers I Have Known]( "Wild Tigers I Have Known")
Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006) -
![On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time]( "On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time")
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![Tarnation]( "Tarnation")
Tarnation (2003) -
!['Psycho' Path]( "'Psycho' Path")
'Psycho' Path (1999) -
![Speedway Junky]( "Speedway Junky")
Speedway Junky (1999) -
![Psycho]( "Psycho")
Psycho (1998) -
![Kids]( "Kids")
Kids (1995) -
![Even Cowgirls Get the Blues]( "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues")
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) -
![William Burroughs: Thanksgiving Prayer]( "William Burroughs: Thanksgiving Prayer")
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Five Ways to Kill Yourself (1987)
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![Mala Noche]( "Mala Noche")
Mala Noche (1986) -
Producer
![The Discipline of D.E.]( "The Discipline of D.E.")
The Discipline of D.E. (1982) -
Actor
![Zeroville]( "Zeroville")
Zeroville Film Archive Curator (2019) -
![Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot]( "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot")
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot Willamette Week Editor (2018) -
![Danny Brown: Ain't It Funny]( "Danny Brown: Ain't It Funny")
Danny Brown: Ain't It Funny Dad (2017) -
![Portlandia]( "Portlandia")
Portlandia Gus Van Sant (2011-2014) -
![The Canyons]( "The Canyons")
The Canyons Dr. Campbell (2013) -
![Entourage]( "Entourage")
Entourage Gus Van Sant (2008) -
![Paranoid Park]( "Paranoid Park")
Paranoid Park Guy Reading Newspaper (2007) -
![Last Days]( "Last Days")
Last Days Phone Voice (2005) -
![Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]( "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back")
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Gus Van Sant (2001) -
![Finding Forrester]( "Finding Forrester")
Finding Forrester Library Assistant (2000) -
![Psycho]( "Psycho")
Psycho Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (1998) -
![My Own Private Idaho]( "My Own Private Idaho")
My Own Private Idaho Man Behind Hotel Counter (1991) -
Five Ways to Kill Yourself (1987)
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Actor
![Mala Noche]( "Mala Noche")
Mala Noche Guy at Hotel (1986) -
Writer
![Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot]( "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot")
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![Paranoid Park]( "Paranoid Park")
Paranoid Park (2007) -
![Paris, je t'aime]( "Paris, je t'aime")
Paris, je t'aime (2006) -
![Last Days]( "Last Days")
Last Days (2005) -
![Elephant]( "Elephant")
Elephant (2003) -
![Gerry]( "Gerry")
Gerry (2002) -
![Allen Ginsberg: The Ballad of the Skeletons]( "Allen Ginsberg: The Ballad of the Skeletons")
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![Even Cowgirls Get the Blues]( "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues")
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) -
![My Own Private Idaho]( "My Own Private Idaho")
My Own Private Idaho (1991) -
![Drugstore Cowboy]( "Drugstore Cowboy")
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) -
Five Ways to Kill Yourself (1987)
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![Mala Noche]( "Mala Noche")
Mala Noche (1986) -
Writer
![The Discipline of D.E.]( "The Discipline of D.E.")
The Discipline of D.E. (1982) -
Soundtrack
![Restless]( "Restless")
Restless (2011) -
Soundtrack
![Mala Noche]( "Mala Noche")
Mala Noche (1986) -
Editor
![Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot]( "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot")
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![8]( "8")
8 (2008) -
![Paranoid Park]( "Paranoid Park")
Paranoid Park (2007) -
![Last Days]( "Last Days")
Last Days (2005) -
![Elephant]( "Elephant")
Elephant (2003) -
![Gerry]( "Gerry")
Gerry (2002) -
![Even Cowgirls Get the Blues]( "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues")
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) -
![Mala Noche]( "Mala Noche")
Mala Noche (1986) -
Editor
![The Discipline of D.E.]( "The Discipline of D.E.")
The Discipline of D.E. (1982) -
Archive footage
![Author: The JT LeRoy Story]( "Author: The JT LeRoy Story")
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016) -
Because of Who I Am (2015)
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![Heaven Adores You]( "Heaven Adores You")
Heaven Adores You (2014) -
![Welcome to the Basement]( "Welcome to the Basement")
Welcome to the Basement (2013-2014) -
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![Cinema mil]( "Cinema mil")
Cinema mil (2005) -
Archive footage
![101 Biggest Celebrity Oops]( "101 Biggest Celebrity Oops")
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) -
![The 70th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 70th Annual Academy Awards")
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Sound Department
![Milk]( "Milk")
Milk (2008) -
![Finding Forrester]( "Finding Forrester")
Finding Forrester (2000) -
Sound Department
![Good Will Hunting]( "Good Will Hunting")
Good Will Hunting (1997) -
![Property]( "Property")
Property (1979) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Queens of Heart: Community Therapists in Drag]( "Queens of Heart: Community Therapists in Drag")
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Camera and Electrical Department
![King Cole's Party]( "King Cole's Party")
King Cole's Party (1987)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Directed 5 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Minnie Driver, Sean Penn, and Josh Brolin. Williams and Penn won Oscars for performances in one of his movies.
Quotes
[on 'Restless'] Younger cancer patients form these relationships with complete strangers because the depth of the tragedy is so great it wipes out the standard support systems of friends and families. Parents can't cope, so they make new friends - ...
Trademark
Frequently casts Matt Dillon, Keanu Reeves, Grace Zabriskie, Matt Damon and James Remar
Star Sign
Leo
Personal Details
Born
Gus Greene Van Sant Junior
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)User Polls
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