Directing
Gus Van Sant
- Titles
- 100movies10TV shows
- Career
Active from 1971 to 2026, busiest in 2006 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 54titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Good Will Hunting85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism7.5average 5.2
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Melancholy6.6average 4.7
- Pathos7.0average 5.2
- Coming of Age4.7average 2.9
- Pop Culture3.6average 2.2
- Psychological7.0average 5.6
- Eroticism3.0average 1.8
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.7, average 5.1
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.5
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
- Fantasy0.8, average 1.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 7
- Social Commentary 5
- Coming-of-Age 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Character Study 4
- Redemption 3
- Biographical Drama 3
- Indie Film 2
- Queer Cinema 2
- Bleak 2
- Melancholy 2
- Period Piece 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Harris SavidesCinematographerElephant, Finding Forrester, Milk, Restless, Last Days, +3 more
Danny ElfmanComposerGood Will Hunting, To Die For, Dead Man's Wire, Promised Land, Milk, +2 more
Eric Alan EdwardsCinematographerTo Die For, My Own Private Idaho, To Each His Own Cinema, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Best of Chris Isaak- CCurtiss ClaytonEditorTo Die For, My Own Private Idaho, Drugstore Cowboy, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Matt DamonActorGood Will Hunting, Promised Land, Gerry
FleaActorMy Own Private Idaho, My Own Private River, Flea Sings
Casey AffleckActorGood Will Hunting, To Die For, Gerry- JJohn J. CampbellCinematographerMy Own Private Idaho, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Mala Noche
Christopher DoyleWriterParis Je T'aime, Psycho, Paranoid Park- RRain LiCinematographerParis Je T'aime, Paranoid Park, 8
Josh BrolinActorMilk, To Each His Own Cinema
Jonah HillActorDon't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, Ain't It Funny
Movies and TV shows
232000s
23 titles · average score 67
83
Milk (2008)
Director, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
43
8 (2008)
Director, Editor
Mansion on the Hill (2008)
Director
83
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Director
73
Paranoid Park (2007)
as Guy Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
First Kiss (2007)
Director
73
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
Director, Writer
Best of Chris Isaak (2006)
Director
51
Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006)
Executive Producer
Le Marais (2006)
Writer, Director
58
Last Days (2005)
as Phone Voice (voice)
72
Entourage (2004)
TV show · as Gus Van Sant
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time (2004)
Executive Producer
72
Elephant (2003)
Editor, Screenplay
80
Tarnation (2003)
Executive Producer
57
Gerry (2002)
Director, Writer
60
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
as Gus Van Sant
70
Finding Forrester (2000)
as Library Assistant (uncredited)
De Witt Clinton Choir (2000)
Director
Easter (2000)
Director