Gus Van Sant Articles

2009 Directors Guild Awards 2009 DGA feature film nominations: January 8, 2009. Documentary and television nominations: January 9, 2009 2009 DGA award winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, January 31, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Following his DGA win, Danny Boyle is the odds-on favorite to win the best director Academy Award. In fact, Boyle has been the [...]

Danny Boyle BEST DIRECTION Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon) Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) Gus Van Sant (Milk) All the nominees match the films found in the best picture list — something that is less common than one might think. Fincher has been getting plenty of recognition from critics’ and other groups, which makes me [...]

2008 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 15, 2008     Best Picture: Milk Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In Best Documentary: My Winnipeg Best Director: Gus Van Sant, Milk Best Actor (tie): Sean Penn, Milk, and Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark [...]

2008 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2008 Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners: December 14, 2008   Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire (top); WALL-E by Andrew Stanton (bottom)   Best Picture (tie): Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle and WALL-E directed by Andrew Stanton Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In directed by Tomas Alfredson Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed [...]