Gus Van Sant

Born July 24, 1952· Louisville, Kentucky, USA

12Roles★ 6.2Average rating

Raised in Louisville and later Portland after a childhood of moves, he studied painting before switching to cinema at the Rhode Island School of Design. Early work on Pacific Northwest commercials funded his debut feature Mala Noche (1985), a black-white study of a gay clerk and a Mexican immigrant that earned festival praise. He then built a reputation with titles such as Drugstore Cowboy (1989),… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back2001Finding Forrester2000My Own Private Idaho1991Psycho1998

Filmography

YearRating

Series★ 7.4

Entourage2004

Gus Van Sant

★ 7.1

Finding Forrester2000

Library Assistant (uncredited)

★ 7

My Own Private Idaho1991

Man Behind Hotel Counter (uncredited)

★ 6.7

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot2018

Willamette Week Editor

Series★ 6.9

Portlandia2011

Gus Van Sant

★ 6.5

Paranoid Park2007

Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

★ 6.3

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back2001

Gus Van Sant

★ 6.1

Mala Noche1987

Guy at Hotel (uncredited)

★ 5

Zeroville2019

Film Archive Curator

★ 5.6

Last Days2005

Phone Voice (voice)

★ 5.1

Psycho1998

Man Talking to Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)

★ 4.4

The Canyons2013

Dr. Campbell

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.

Full directing filmography

★ 6.5

Dead Man's Wire2026

★ 6.7

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot2018

★ 6.3

When We Rise2017

★ 7.6

FEUD2017

★ 6.2

The Sea of Trees2016

★ 6.3

Promised Land2012

★ 6.5

Restless2011

★ 7.2

Boss2011

★ 7.2

Milk2008

★ 6.5

Paranoid Park2007

★ 6.4

To Each His Own Cinema2007

★ 6.8

Paris Je T'aime2006