Gus Van Sant

Born in Louisville, Ken­tucky, Gus Van Sant earned a bachelor’s degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. After spend­ing two years work­ing at an adver­tis­ing agency in New York, he moved to Port­land, Ore­gon, where he devot­ed him­self to direct­ing and pro­duc­ing, while also devel­op­ing a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary artis­tic prac­tice includ­ing paint­ing, pho­tog­ra­phy, and writing.