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Gus Van Sant

Awards

Gus Van Sant

45 wins & 70 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Directing
    • Milk
  • Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)
    1998 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Good Will Hunting

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2010 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film - English Language
    • Milk

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
    2018 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Film
    • Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
  • Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
    2018 Nominee Teddy
    • Best Feature Film
    • Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
  • Promised Land (2012)
    2013 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Promised Land
  • Promised Land (2012)
    2013 Winner Special Mention
    • International Jury
    • Promised Land
  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Teddy
    • Best Feature Film
    • Milk

Bodil Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2010 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • Milk
  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2008 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • Paranoid Park
  • Alicia Miles and John Robinson in Elephant (2003)
    2005 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • Elephant

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk
    • Paranoid Park
  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2008 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Film Editing
    • Paranoid Park

Critics Choice Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Camerimage

  • Gus Van Sant
    2012 Winner Cinematographer-Director Duo Award
    Shared with: Harris Savides

Cannes Film Festival

  • Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, and Naomi Watts in The Sea of Trees (2015)
    2015 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Sea of Trees
  • Henry Hopper and Mia Wasikowska in Restless (2011)
    2011 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
    • Restless
  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2007 Winner 60th Anniversary Prize
    • Paranoid Park
  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2007 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Paranoid Park
  • Paris, je t'aime (2006)
    2006 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
    • Paris, je t'aime
    Shared with: Gurinder Chadha · Bruno Podalydès · Joel Coen · Ethan Coen · Walter Salles · Daniela Thomas · Christopher Doyle · Isabel Coixet · Nobuhiro Suwa · Sylvain Chomet · Alfonso Cuarón · Olivier Assayas · Oliver Schmitz · Richard LaGravenese · Vincenzo Natali · Wes Craven · Tom Tykwer · Gérard Depardieu · Frédéric Auburtin · Alexander Payne

César Awards, France

  • Milk (2008)
    2010 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Milk
    USA
  • Alicia Miles and John Robinson in Elephant (2003)
    2004 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Elephant
    USA.

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Christopher Awards

  • Promo Poster
    2001 Winner Christopher Award
    • Feature Films
    • Finding Forrester
    Shared with: Mike Rich · Laurence Mark · Sean Connery · Rhonda Tollefson · Dany Wolf · Jonathan King

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Milk (2008)
    2010 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Milk
    USA.

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

David di Donatello Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Milk

Deauville Film Festival

  • River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    1991 Winner Critics Award
    • My Own Private Idaho
  • River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    1991 Winner Coup de Coeur LTC
    • My Own Private Idaho
    Tied with Trust (1990).

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Milk
  • Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)
    1998 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Good Will Hunting

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Diane Lane, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, and Naomi Watts in Feud: Bette and Joan (2017)
    2024 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
    • Feud: Bette and Joan
    For season "Capote vs. The Swans" and episode "Pilot"

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

  • Alicia Miles and John Robinson in Elephant (2003)
    2004 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Elephant

Golden Rooster Awards

  • Last Days (2005)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Best International Film
    • Last Days

Satellite Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk
  • Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)
    1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • Good Will Hunting

Gotham Awards

  • Gus Van Sant
    2008 Winner Tribute Award

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2008 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Paranoid Park
  • Alicia Miles and John Robinson in Elephant (2003)
    2004 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Elephant
  • Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry (2002)
    2003 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Gerry
  • River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    1992 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • My Own Private Idaho
  • River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    1992 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • My Own Private Idaho

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
    • Milk

L.A. Outfest

  • Gus Van Sant
    1999 Winner Outfest Achievement Award

Locarno Film Festival

  • Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry (2002)
    2002 Nominee Golden Leopard
    • Gerry

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Milk

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch in Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    1989 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Drugstore Cowboy
    Shared with: Daniel Yost
  • Doug Cooeyate in Mala Noche (1986)
    1987 Winner Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award
    • Mala Noche

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk
    • Paranoid Park
  • Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch in Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    1990 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Drugstore Cowboy
  • Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch in Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    1990 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Drugstore Cowboy
    Shared with: Daniel Yost

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    1991 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • My Own Private Idaho
  • Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch in Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    1989 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Drugstore Cowboy
    Shared with: Daniel Yost

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival

  • Allen Ginsberg: The Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)
    1998 Winner FICC Prize - Honorable Mention
    • Allen Ginsberg: The Ballad of the Skeletons

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Austin P. McKenzie in When We Rise (2017)
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • When We Rise
    For episode #1.1.
  • Gus Van Sant
    2009 Winner Sonny Bono Visionary Award

Provincetown International Film Festival

  • Gus Van Sant
    2002 Winner Filmmaker on the Edge Award

Razzie Awards

  • Anne Heche in Psycho (1998)
    1999 Winner Razzie Award
    • Worst Director
    • Psycho

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Milk (2008)
    2010 Nominee Robert
    • Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
    • Milk

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Allen Ginsberg: The Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)
    1997 Winner Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Allen Ginsberg: The Ballad of the Skeletons

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry (2002)
    2002 Winner Visions Award - Special Citation
    • Gerry
  • River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    1991 Winner International Critics' Award
    • My Own Private Idaho

Venice Film Festival

  • Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
    1993 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
  • River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    1991 Nominee Golden Lion
    • My Own Private Idaho

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Winner SFFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

  • Doug Cooeyate in Mala Noche (1986)
    1988 Winner Festival's Plate
    • Mala Noche

PEN Center USA West Literary Awards

  • Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch in Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    1990 Winner Literary Award
    • Screenplay Adaptation
    • Drugstore Cowboy
    Shared with: Daniel Yost

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry (2002)
    2004 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Gerry

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Promised Land (2012)
    2013 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • International Green Film Award
    • Promised Land
  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
    • Milk

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Award of the Argentinean Academy
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Milk
    USA.

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner ICS Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk
    Tied with Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight (2008)
  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2009 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Paranoid Park
  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2009 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Editing
    • Paranoid Park

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Online Film & Television Association

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Alicia Miles and John Robinson in Elephant (2003)
    2003 Winner VVFP Award
    • Best Director
    • Elephant

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Director
    • Milk
  • Milk (2008)
    2008 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Film Editing
    • Milk
    Shared with: Elliot Graham
  • Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)
    1997 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Director
    • Good Will Hunting
  • River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho (1991)
    1991 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • My Own Private Idaho

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Director (Miglior regia)
    • Milk
  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2008 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Editing (Miglior montaggio)
    • Paranoid Park

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2009 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Paranoid Park
  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner INOCA
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Gold Derby Awards

  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Director
    • Milk

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Promised Land (2012)
    2013 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Director
    • Promised Land
  • Milk (2008)
    2009 Winner Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Director
    • Milk

Yoga Awards

  • Anne Heche in Psycho (1998)
    2000 Winner Special Award
    • Special Award
    • Psycho

20/20 Awards

  • Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)
    2018 Nominee Felix
    • Best Director
    • Good Will Hunting
  • Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch in Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    2010 Nominee Felix
    • Best Director
    • Drugstore Cowboy
  • Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch in Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
    2010 Winner Felix
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Drugstore Cowboy
    Shared with: Daniel Yost

Buffalo International Film Festival

  • Friday's Child (2018)
    2018 Winner Gold Bison
    • Best Feature Narrative
    • Friday's Child
    Shared with: A.J. Edwards · Alan Elias · Tyler Glodt · Nicolas Gonda · Christian Sosa · Jon Wroblewski

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Alicia Miles and John Robinson in Elephant (2003)
    2010 Nominee Best Film of the 2000s
    • Best Film
    • Elephant
    Second Place
  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2007 Winner Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Paranoid Park
  • Last Days (2005)
    2005 Winner Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Last Days
  • Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry (2002)
    2004 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Gerry
    Sixth Place; tied with The Brown Bunny (2003) and Rois et reine (2004)
  • Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry (2002)
    2002 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Gerry
    Tenth Place; tied with 24 (2001)

Girona Film Critics

  • Gabe Nevins in Paranoid Park (2007)
    2010 Winner Girona Film Critics Award
    • Best Picture
    • Paranoid Park
  • Last Days (2005)
    2008 Nominee Girona Film Critics Award
    • Best Picture
    • Last Days
    3rd place

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