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- He is a two-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director—for Good Will Hunting and Milk, both of which were also nominated for Best Picture—and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant.
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Gus Van Sant. Jump to. 44 wins & 68 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 2009 Nominee Oscar. Best Achievement in Directing. Milk. 1998 Nominee Oscar. Best Director. Good Will Hunting. Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. 2010 Nominee FCCA Award. Best Foreign Film - English Language. Milk. Berlin International Film Festival.
- July 24, 1952
The film received eight Oscar nominations at the 81st Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Sean Penn, who starred as Milk, and Best Original Screenplay for writer Dustin Lance Black. Van Sant was nominated for Best Director.
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- Gus Green Van Sant Jr., July 24, 1952 (age 71), Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
- 1982–present
1. 14 Videos. 99+ Photos. Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, Promised Land ...
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May 1, 2024 · The film, written by and starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, earned Van Sant an Academy Award nomination. He continued to gravitate toward populist fare, directing a remake of Alfred Hitchcock ’s 1960 thriller Psycho (1998) and Finding Forrester (2000), about a reclusive writer (played by Sean Connery ) mentoring an African American teenager.
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Jul 13, 2018 · Which Gus Van Sant movie is the best? We rank all his films, including Good Will Hunting, Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, Milk and more. From Good Will Hunting to great Van Sant.
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Nov 24, 2020 · Gus Van Sant on Ouverture … ‘I thought, yeah, I know this territory very well.’ Photograph: Mario Armas/AFP/Getty Images. After a 20-day shoot in Italy, Van Sant has just arrived back at his ...
Jul 23, 2022 · Nominated for two Academy Awards whilst winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003 for his provocative movie Elephant, Van Sant has never been afraid to push the boundaries of taste and challenge audiences to confront complex subject matters.
