
July 24, 1952 · 73 years old
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 Fi…

A therapist counsels Will Hunting, a janitor with a genius IQ.

The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Forrester, the author of a famous book, decides to help Jamal, a 16-year-old student, discover his writing prowess by mentoring him and enrolling him into a prestigious private school.

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened.

Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.

A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.

A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

A teenage skateboarder's life begins to fray after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard.

An anthology series centering on famous feuds, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and Truman Capote and the New York elite.

A drama that charts ten years in a transgender woman's relationship with her lover.

The friendship between two young men is tested when they go for a hike in the desert but forget to bring any food or water.

A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.

The Mayor of Chicago guides his city with a Machiavellian style.

The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

When Christian, an LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to Hollywood, learns of a secret affair between Tara and the lead of his film project, Ryan, he spirals out of control, and his cruel mind games escalate into an act of bloody ...

Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman) is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the U.S. from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising, and her New York agent, "the Countess" (Sir John Hurt), sends her to his ra...