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 dOr 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 kd 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
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