Gus sets the bar

Gus Van Sant is an openly gay film director who has garnered much attention since he began making films in the 80s. My New Friend and Five Ways to Kill Yourself are among his first few movies which focused on gay themes. By just his sixth film, Drugstore Cowboy, Gus was walking the red carpet at the "Independent Spirit Awards" where it received 8 nominations and 4 wins. Good Will Hunting and Finding Forrester were commercial as well as critical successes. His greatest success to date is the film Milk, for which he had his second nomination for best director. The best is certainly yet to come for both Gus and John Dargan.