BORN
July 24, 1952

EDUCATION
1975, BFA Filmmaking, Rhode Island School of Design

FEATURE FILMS
2011
"Restless"

2008
"Milk"

2007
"Paranoid Park"

2005
"Last Days"

2003
"Elephant"

2002
"Gerry"

2000
"Finding Forrester"

1998
"Psycho"

1997
"Good Will Hunting"

1995
"To Die For"

1993
"Even Cowgirls Get The Blues"

1991
"My Own Private Idaho"

1989
"Drugstore Cowboy"

1985
"Mala Noche"

SHORT FILMS
2007
"Chacun son cinema/To Each His Cinema" (segment “First Kiss”)

2006
"Paris, je t’aime" (segment “Le Marais”)

1996
"Four Boys in a Volvo" (4 min, color)

1991
"Thanksgiving Prayer" (2 min, 35 mm color, written by and starring William S. Burroughs)

1986
"Five Ways to Kill Yourself" (3 min, 16 mm black and white)

1985
"Ken Death Gets Out of Jail" (3 min, 16 mm black and white)

1984
"My New Friend" (3 min, 16 mm color)
"Nightmare Typhoon" (9 min, 16 mm black and white)

1983
"Where’d She Go" (3 min, 16 mm color)

1982
"My Friend" (3 min, 16 mm black and white)

1981
"Alice in Hollywood" (45 min, 16 mm color)

1978
"The Discipline of DE" (9 min, 16 mm black and white, adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ short story, narrated by Ken Shapiro)

1975
"Late Morning Start" (28 min, 16 mm color)

1973
"½ of a Telephone Conversation" (2 min, 16 mm black and white)

1972
"Little Johnny" (40 sec, 16 mm black and white)

1971
"The Happy Organ" (20 min, 16 mm black and white)

1967
"Fun with a Bloodroot" (2 min 20 sec, 8 mm color)

MUSIC VIDEOS
2007
"Desecration Smile" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

2005
"Who Did You Think I Was?" (turntable version) by John Mayer Trio

1998
"Weird" by Hanson

1996
"The Ballad of the Skeletons" by Allen Ginsberg with Paul McCartney, Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye et al.

1995
"Understanding" by Candlebox

1993
"Creep" (alternate version) by Stone Temple Pilots
"Just Keep Me Moving" by k.d. lang
"San Francisco Days" by Chris Isaak

1992
"The Last Song" by Elton John
"Runaway" by Deee-Lite
"Bang Bang Bang" by Tracy Chapman
"Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

1991
"I’m Seventeen" by Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers

1990
"Fame ’90" by David Bowie
"Thanksgiving Prayer" by William Burroughs

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
2010
"What’s Wrong with Virginia"
"Howl"

2006
"Lightfield’s Home Videos"
"Cam Archer’s Wild Tigers I Have Known"

2003
"Tarnation"

1999
"Speedway Junky"

1995
"Kids"

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
"Milk" (2008)
Academy Award nomination for Best Director
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nomination for Best Director
Directors Guild of America (DGA) nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Satellite Award nomination for Best Director

"Paranoid Park" (2007)
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
Cannes Film Festival Prix du 60ème anniversaire (also acknowledging his body of works)

"Last Days" (2005)
Cannes Film Festival Official Selection

"Elephant" (2003)
Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or
Cannes Film Festival Prix de la mise en scène

"Gerry" (2002)
Toronto Film Festival Vision Awards – Special Citation
Finding Forrester (2000)
Berlin Film Festival Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas

"Psycho" (1998)
Razzie Award for Worst Director

"Good Will Hunting" (1998)
Berlin Film Festival Official Selection
Academy Award nomination for Best Director
Directors Guild of America (DGA) nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Motion Pictures
Satellite Award nomination for Best Director

"My Own Private Idaho" (1991)
Venice Film Festival Official Selection
Toronto Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize

"Drugstore Cowboy" (1989)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay

NOVELS
"Pink." New York: First Anchor Books, 1997.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
"Cut-Ups," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
The Lucie Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

2010
"One Step Big Shot," Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR

REVIEWS OF CUT-UPS AT PDX CONTEMPORARY ART
Snyder, Stephanie. “Gus Van Sant.” Artforum, April 22, 2010.
Speer, Richard. “Gus Van Sant at PDX Contemporary Art.” Willamette Week, May 12, 2010.
Row, D.K. “Gus Van Sant’s other focus--photography--on display in two Oregon shows.” The Oregonian, May 6, 2010.
Stangel, Matthew. “Gus Van Sant’s Multi-Bodies.” The Portland Mercury, May 6, 2010.
“A Show of Gus Van Sant’s Collaged Past.” ARTINFO, May 5, 2010.
Wightman, Roger. “Putting a face to strangers: Gus Van Sant shows off his newest artistic endeavor.” Daily Vanguard, May 5, 2010.
Lake, Eva. “Gus Van Sant at PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon.” visual art source, May 2010.