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Gus Van Sant's paternal family is of partial Dutch origin; the name "Van Sant" is derived from the Dutch name "Van Zandt". The earliest Van Zandt arrived in the New Netherland area in the early 17th century, around what is now New York City .
Nov 4, 2024 · Gus Van Sant (born July 24, 1952, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.) is an American film director and writer known for focusing on marginalized and isolated characters. The son of a traveling businessman and a housewife, Van Sant lived an itinerant childhood.
Director Gus Van Sant sits down with Derek Blasberg and discusses his early art influences, life in Los Angeles, and his new feature film Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot.
May 29, 2018 · Full name, Gus Green Van Sant, Jr.; born July 24, 1952 (some sources say 1953) in Louisville, KY; son of Gus Green (a clothing manufacturer) and Betty (maiden name, Seay) Van Sant. Education: Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A., film and painting, 1975.
May 19, 2009 · Why Gus Van Sant insists on living in the Pearl District, I haven’t a clue. The director who made junkiedom an aspirational vocation and made heartthrobs of male prostitutes doesn’t seem to belong among the well-coiffed, caramel macchiato–addicted nouveaux riches of Portland’s most polished neighborhood.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 24, 1952, Van Sant is the son of Gus Van Sant, a clothing executive for McGregor-Doniger and White Stag, and Betty Seay Van Sant, a homemaker.
Nov 9, 1997 · A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, GUS VAN SANT, a movie director who maintains his outsider status by living and doing much of his work in Portland, Ore., was in Hollywood, of all places, tying up loose...
Oct 10, 2022 · This is a really beautiful book. It feels like it is a portrait of Gus Van Sant – the man and the body of work he has produced. How did it come about, and what was the process like? Katya Tylevich (KT): I first interviewed Gus years ago, after his painting exhibition at Gagosian in Los Angeles.
Jan 31, 2024 · During the years he lived in Portland, Gus Van Sant became celebrated for movies that focused on characters defined by their gritty circumstances or outsider status, notably the drug addicts...
Oct 20, 2016 · The flick did eventually find its director, Gus Van Sant, and its other lead, Minnie Driver.
