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Jul 21, 2023 · Gus Van Sant is a fiercely individual voice with one foot in the independent world and another in the studio system, Van Sant’s filmography varies wildly from mainstream entertainments to pec…
Gus Green Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American film director, producer, photographer, and musician who has earned acclaim as an independent filmmaker. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, in particular homosexuality. Van Sant is considered one of the most prominent auteurs of the New Queer Cinema movement.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 24, 1952, Van Sant is the son of Gus Van Sant, a clothing executive for McGregor-Doniger and White Stag, and Betty Seay Van Sant, a homemaker. He completed high school at the Catlin Gabel School in Portland, where he developed an interest in painting and film, and graduated from the Rhode Island School of ...
Oct 24, 2023 · When Gus Van Sant made his experimental feature in response to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, he said, he didn’t envision a future America with “an endless number of shootings.”
Jan 29, 2024 · Gus Van Sant has taken on a few superlatives over the course of his 40-year career: indie provocateur, Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker and, per the late Robin Williams, “mellowest man in ...
Mar 27, 2022 · Gus Van Sant’s counterculture classic My Own Private Idaho had hit Asia. Phoenix was young, cool and beautiful, and the streets of Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto teemed with screaming teenagers eager to ...
Jan 29, 2024 · Gus Van Sant has taken on a few superlatives over the course of his 40-year career: indie provocateur, Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker and, per the late Robin Williams, “mellowest man in ...
