Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant was born in Kentucky in 1952, the son of a clothing salesman who became an executive, and moved almost every year during his childhood. He studied painting and then film at the Rhode Island School of Design, worked as a production assistant in Hollywood and then in advertising in New York, and settled in Portland in 1983. He has directed nearly twenty feature films, often in Portland with non-professional performers, paints, has recorded two albums, and now lives in Los Angeles.

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• CinemaMy Own Private IdahoGus Van Sant · 1991Cinema