Gus van Sant

AKA:
Gus Greene Van Sant , Gus Van Sant
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
07/24/1952
Birthplace:
Louisville, Kentucky
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biography
Van Sant's poetic yet clear-eyed excursions through America's seamy, skid row underbelly have yielded some of the more potent independent films of the late 1980s and early 90s. "I guess I'm interested in sociopathic people," he has stated, "in life and in my movies". With art school training in painting as well as film, Van Sant worked in commercials before entering the film industry by making small personal films that played the festival circuit, notably in highbrow gay and lesbian venues. Openly gay, he has dealt unflinchingly with homosexual and other marginalized subcultures without being Continued
Credits
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2008
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2008
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
Executive Producer
2007
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2005
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2001
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1998
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1995
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1995
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1994
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1991
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1991
Executive Producer
1991
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1989
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1989
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1989
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milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Moved extensively around the country with his parents as a child before settling in Darien, CT
1967 
Had a summer advertising job on NYC's Madison Ave at age 16
1968 
As an art student, discovered the work of Andy Warhol; inspired to start making films
 
Shot his first painterly, animated films with an 8 millimeter Kodak
 
Family moved to Portland, OR when Van Sant was 17
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