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text_A: Good Will Hunting was directed by American director Gus Van Sant.
text_B: Gus Green Van Sant , Jr. -LRB- born July 24 , 1952 -RRB- is an American film director , screenwriter , painter , photographer , musician and author who has earned acclaim as both an independent and more mainstream filmmaker .. independent. independent film. mainstream. mainstream media. filmmaker. filmmaking. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures , in particular homosexuality ; as such , Van Sant is considered one of the most prominent auteurs of the New Queer Cinema movement .. New Queer Cinema. New Queer Cinema. Van Sant 's early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the Pacific Northwest .. Pacific Northwest. Pacific Northwest. He made his feature-length cinematic directorial debut with Mala Noche -LRB- 1985 -RRB- .. Mala Noche. Mala Noche. His second feature Drugstore Cowboy -LRB- 1989 -RRB- was highly acclaimed , and earned Van Sant screenwriting awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle and Best Director from the National Society of Film Critics .. Drugstore Cowboy. Drugstore Cowboy. Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Los Angeles Film Critics Association. New York Film Critics Circle. New York Film Critics Circle. National Society of Film Critics. National Society of Film Critics. His following film My Own Private Idaho -LRB- 1991 -RRB- was similarly praised , as was the black comedy To Die For -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , the drama Good Will Hunting -LRB- 1997 -RRB- and the biopic Milk -LRB- 2008 -RRB- ; for the latter two , Van Sant was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and both films received Best Picture nominations .. Good Will Hunting. Good Will Hunting. My Own Private Idaho. My Own Private Idaho. Milk. Milk ( film ). black comedy. black comedy. To Die For. To Die For. biopic. biographical film. Academy Award for Best Director. Academy Award for Best Directing. Best Picture. Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2003 , Elephant - Van Sant 's roman a clef of the Columbine High School massacre - won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Van Sant also received the festival 's Best Director Award , making him one of only two filmmakers - the other being Joel Coen - to win both accolades in the same year .. Elephant. Elephant ( 2003 film ). roman a clef. roman a clef. Columbine High School massacre. Columbine High School massacre. Palme d'Or. Palme d'Or. Cannes Film Festival. 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Best Director Award. Best Director Award ( Cannes Film Festival ). Joel Coen. Coen brothers. Though most of Van Sant 's other films received favourable reviews , such as Finding Forrester -LRB- 2000 -RRB- and Paranoid Park -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , some of his efforts such as the art house production Last Days -LRB- 2005 -RRB- and the environmental drama Promised Land have received more mixed reviews from critics , whilst his adaptation of Tom Robbins 's Even Cowgirls Get the Blues -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , his 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock 's Psycho and his most recent film to date , The Sea of Trees -LRB- 2015 -RRB- were critical and commercial failures .. Psycho. Psycho ( 1960 film ). Finding Forrester. Finding Forrester. Paranoid Park. Paranoid Park ( film ). art house production. art film. Last Days. Last Days ( 2005 film ). Promised Land. Promised Land ( 2012 film ). adaptation. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues ( film ). Tom Robbins. Tom Robbins. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues ( novel ). 1998 remake. Psycho ( 1998 film ). The Sea of Trees. The Sea of Trees. In addition to directing , Van Sant wrote the screenplays for several of his earlier works , and is the author of a novel entitled Pink .. A book of his photography , called 108 Portraits , has also been published , and he has released two musical albums .. He is openly gay and currently lives in Portland , Oregon .
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