Gus Van Sant Movies

Gus receives some anonymous phone calls from a woman with whom he finally arrange some meetings. She never appears.

The short film was made from material shot for a Levi’s commercial on which Gus Van Sant was given complete freedom. Van Sant delivered the ad,...

A close-up of Allen Ginsberg reciting his “skeletons” poem is bluescreened and dissolved against archival film and video clips, and...

Filmmaker Gus Van Sant steps into the shoes of a stage play director for the first time. A glimpse into his creation process and his adaptation to...

Strange Parallel is a documentary/short film revolving around the American singer/songwriter Elliott Smith. The film features interviews with Elliott...

Gus Van Sant, dissatisfied professionally, counts five ways to end his life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

An older man meets and becomes fascinated by a younger man in this somewhat autobiographical work.

Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

LA can be a hard place to live, and Joe is about to give up and move back to Montana, the place he escaped from years before. But when he returns,...

"This diary of a male friendship is both perplexing and hilarious. Using the cliches of the diary film, it tells a story of friendship, love, and...

Youth tells about his jail experience. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

New program about The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant’s Milk, featuring Epstein, Van Sant, actor James Franco, and Milk friends Cleve...

15-minute interview with director Gus Van Sant on Elephant (2003)

A biopic of the infamous Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto mogul, co-founder and CEO of FTX, who once owned one of the world’s largest...

In Gus Van Sant's loving portrait of his cat, a reflected light leads the subject to explore a domestic composition in a manner that can only be...

Directors W. Alexander Jones and Carolann Stoney turn their cameras on Liv Osthus, one of the best-known artists working in Portland’s adult...