# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gus-van-sant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:03:41.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gus-van-sant"
name: "Gus Van Sant"
slug: "gus-van-sant"
description: "Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, photographer, painter, and musician. He has earned acclaim as an independent filmmaker, and is considered to be one of the most prominent auteurs of the new queer cinema movement. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, especially within gay culture."
tagline: "American film director, producer, photographer and musician (born 1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gus_Van_Sant_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           26.026096
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 249
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump