Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, photographer, painter and musician, born in Louisville, Kentucky, on 24 July 1952. He has earned acclaim as an independent filmmaker and is considered one of the most prominent auteurs of the new queer cinema movement, with films that typically deal with marginalized subcultures, especially within gay culture. His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the Pacific Northwest, and he made his feature-length debut with Mala Noche (1985).
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Van Sant directed the psychological drama Elephant (2003), a film based on the Columbine High School massacre, for which he won the Palme d'Or and Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
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