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Gus Van Sant
10/22/2003
Diane Keaton, Gus Van Sant
A conversation with director Gus Van Sant and producer Diane Keaton
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A discussion about the film "Elephant", which explores violence in American high schools, with director Gus Van Sant and executive producer Diane Keaton.
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Gus Van Sant
Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant Jr. is an American film director, photographer, musician, and author. His filmography includes an adaptation of the Tom Robbins novel "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues," and "My Own Private Idaho." He is perhaps best known for directing "Good Will Hunting," for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for directing.

As an actor, Van Sant has appeared in a cameo on screen in Kevin Smith's "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" playing himself. He has written the screenplays for most of his early movies, and has written one novel, "Pink". A book of his photography has also been published in a book called "108 Portraits".

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