Auteur

Gus Van Sant

Born 1952 · American film director, producer, photographer and musician

Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, photographer, painter, and musician. He has earned acclaim as an independent filmmaker, and is considered to be one of the most prominent auteurs of the new queer cinema movement. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, especially within gay culture.

Gus Van Sant, in order

  1. 1985 Mala Noche: directed, wrote, produced
  2. 1989 Drugstore Cowboy: directed, wrote
  3. 1991 My Own Private Idaho: directed, wrote, acted
  4. 1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: directed, wrote
  5. 1995 Kids: produced · directed by Larry Clark · critics 48%, audiences 76%
  6. 1995 To Die For: directed · critics 88%, audiences 66%
  7. 1997 Good Will Hunting: directed · critics 97%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+, Kanopy
  8. 1998 Psycho: directed, produced, acted
  9. 1998 Strange Parallel: acted · directed by Steve Hanft
  10. 2000 Finding Forrester: directed, acted
  11. 2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: acted · directed by Kevin Smith · critics 52%, audiences 75% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
  12. 2002 Gerry: directed, wrote
  13. 2003 Elephant: directed, wrote · critics 74%, audiences 78%
  14. 2005 Last Days: directed, wrote, acted
  15. 2006 Paris, je t'aime: directed, wrote · critics 85%, audiences 84% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  16. 2007 Here's Looking at You, Boy: acted · directed by André Schäfer
  17. 2007 Paranoid Park: directed, wrote, created
  18. 2007 To Each His Own Cinema: directed · critics 100%, audiences 71%
  19. 2008 8: directed · audiences 20%
  20. 2008 Milk: directed, created · critics 93%, audiences 89% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  21. 2010 Howl: produced · directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein · critics 63%, audiences 58% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
  22. 2010 Virginia: produced · directed by Dustin Lance Black
  23. 2011 Restless: directed · critics 36%, audiences 48%
  24. 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  25. 2012 My Own Private River: directed, wrote
  26. 2012 Promised Land: directed
  27. 2013 The Canyons: acted · directed by Paul Schrader
  28. 2015 The Sea of Trees: directed
  29. 2017 When We Rise (TV series): directed
  30. 2018 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: directed, wrote
  31. 2025 Dead Man's Wire: directed