Highest rated movie: Good Will Hunting (1997)
Lowest rated movie: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Gus Van Sant? Cinafilm has a total of 8,583 reviews across 17 movies directed by Gus Van Sant.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 66%.
Good Will Hunting is Gus Van Sant's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 883 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Gus Van Sant is Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, with a score of 42% based on 103 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 directed films starring Matt Damon, Scott Patrick Green, Casey Affleck and Udo Kier.
Gus Van Sant has collaborated with these film directors: Gérard Depardieu, Alfonso Cuarón, Christopher Doyle and Wes Craven.
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