Gus van Sant

Biography

Born 07/24/1952

Oscar-nominated writer and director Gus Van Sant was a key figure on the American independent film scene of the 1980s and 1990s, offering poetic yet clear-eyed excursions through America's seamy underbelly in films like “Drugstore Cowboy” (1989) and “My Own Private Idaho” (1991). Openly...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2008, received Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
In 2008, received San Francisco Film Critics Award for Best Director
In 2003, received Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director

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Highlights

In 2009, Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing (“Milk”)
In 2008, Nominated for the 2008 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film (“Milk”)
In 2008, Directed a biography of openly gay San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk (played by Sean Penn), titled "Milk"

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