Highest rated movie: Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Lowest rated movie: The Canyons (2013)
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Movies starring Gus Van Sant have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 64%.
Drugstore Cowboy - released in 1989 - is Gus Van Sant's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 427 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Gus Van Sant is The Canyons - released in 2013 - with a score of 38% based on 198 reviews.
Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Achievement in Directing for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting and his 2008 film Milk, and won the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the Pacific Northwest. In his films, he has dealt with themes concerning homosexuality and other marginalized subcultures.
His filmography as writer and director includes an adaptation of Tom Robbins' novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, which features a diverse cast (Keanu Reeves, Roseanne Barr, Uma Thurman, and k.d. lang, with cameos by William S. Burroughs and Heather Graham, among others); and My Own Private Idaho, also starring Reeves as well as River Phoenix.
He wrote the screenplays for most of his early movies, and wrote one novel, Pink. A book of his photography has also been published, called 108 Portraits.
Gus Van Sant has acted in films with Scott Patrick Green, Matt Damon, Will Ferrell and Michael Pitt.
Gus Van Sant has worked with these film directors: James Franco, Kevin Smith, Paul Schrader and Bill Plympton.
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