Previous guest designers include Gus Van Sant, Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson, Marjane Satrapi, Guillermo del Toro, David Bowie, David Byrne, and Dennis Hopper.

According to director Gus Van Sant, the character of Bob in My Own Private Idaho was based upon Falstaff, and the character of Scott was based on Prince Hal.

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He has worked under major directors, such as Stephen Frears ( in the 1988 period drama Dangerous Liaisons ); Gus Van Sant ( in the 1991 independent film My Own Private Idaho ); and Bernardo Bertolucci ( in the 1993 film Little Buddha ).

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In 1996, Smith was tapped by director and fellow Portland resident Gus Van Sant to be a part of the soundtrack to his film, Good Will Hunting.

Some of the filmmakers who have been influenced by Fassbinder include: Pedro Almodóvar, Bela Tarr, Todd Haynes, Kathryn Bigelow, John Waters, François Ozon, Richard Linklater, Harmony Korine and Gus Van Sant.

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* In the Sex and the City season 6 episode " Out of the Frying Pan ", Smith Jerrod and Samantha Jones attend the movie premiere of a Gus Van Sant film called Needles, CA.

Good Will Hunting is a 1997 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, and Stellan Skarsgård.

Gus Van Sant used some of Rota's music in his 2007 film Paranoid Park and director Michael Winterbottom used several Rota selections in the 2005 film Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.

Film director Gus Van Sant also went to high school in Darien.

In 2003, she produced the Gus Van Sant drama Elephant, about a school shooting.

* Gerry ( 2002 film ), a 2002 film by Gus Van Sant

Gerry is a 2002 film directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, who also co-wrote the film with Van Sant.

Van Sant revealed in interviews that Damon and Ben and Casey Affleck already had used the term before the movie had been named.

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Directors such as Gus Van Sant and Martin Scorsese have stated that they were influenced by Clark's early photography, according to Peter Biskind's book Down and Dirty Pictures.

Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. ( born July 24, 1952 ) is an American film director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author.

Van Sant was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States ( US ), the son of Betty ( née Seay ) and Gus Green Van Sant, Sr ; Gus Van Sant's father was a clothing manufacturer and traveling salesman who rapidly worked his way into middle class prosperity.

Harlan Ellison ( who began reading van Vogt as a teenager ) wrote, " Van was the first writer to shine light on the restricted ways in which I had been taught to view the universe and the human condition.

His career revival began when the young Italian director Sergio Leone boldly cast Van Cleef, whose career was still in the doldrums, as one of the two protagonists, alongside Clint Eastwood, in Leone's second western, For a Few Dollars More.

Van Steenoven and the other bishops were excommunicated and thus began the Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands.

His fortunes began to improve when John Van Voorst, the leading publisher of naturalist writing, agreed, on the recommendation of Thomas Bell, to publish his Canadian Naturalist ( 1840 ).

Van C. Smith, a businessman from Omaha, Nebraska, and his partner, Aaron Wilburn, constructed two adobe buildings in 1869 that began what is now Roswell.

References to the show in popular culture began during its original broadcast when it was parodied in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, fittingly titled " The Man from My Uncle ", References in other televison shows have continued over the years, including a 2011 episode of Mad Men, " The Chrysanthemum and the Sword ".

Van Gogh began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist.

Shortly after Lowery's former group Camper Van Beethoven finished in 1990, he began demoing material along with his boyhood friend, the guitarist Johnny Hickman.

It was not long after her arrival in Weimar that Johanna began to publish her writings, some articles on paintings with an emphasis on those by Jan Van Eyck.

Van Vliet began painting and sculpting at age three.

After Zappa began regular occupation at Paul Buff's PAL Studio in Cucamonga he and Van Vliet began collaborating, tentatively as " The Soots ".

Tamalpais Festival ( June 10 / 11 ) shortly before the scheduled Monterey Festival ( June 16 / 18 ), the band began to play " Electricity " and Van Vliet froze, straightened his tie, then walked off the ten – foot stage and landed on manager Bob Krasnow.

Soon after, Van Vliet retired from music and began a new career as a painter.

Towards the second half of the 19th century Van began to play an increased role in the politics of the Ottoman Empire due to its location near the borders of the Persian, Russian and Ottoman Empire, as well as its proximity to Mosul.

The Magic were also the only NBA team to wear black sneakers and socks in all their games, a tradition that began upon the hiring of Stan Van Gundy in 2007 ; however they wore white sneakers and socks at home in all of the 2008 – 09 season and early in the 2009 – 10 season before switching back to black sneakers and socks.

From 1950 to 1956, Morrison, who began to be known as " Van " during this time, attended Elmgrove Primary School.

The decade began with the release of The Best of Van Morrison ; compiled by Morrison himself, the album was focused on his hit singles, and became a multi-platinum success remaining a year and a half on the UK charts.

After a week of Los Angeles Times ads, and special excursion trains from Los Angeles to a bare townsite, lot sales began at the new town of Van Nuys on Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1911.

It began with Juan Formell, the former director for Orquesta Revé ( 1968 ), and the founder and current director of Los Van Van.

He then began campaigning to become Jackson's running mate, but Jackson favored Martin Van Buren instead.

However, the group later realized Van ' n Intraktus was a traitor after they discovered that he enslaved his home planet with his ring and began invading other worlds.

It began on land owned by Matthew and John Van Vleck.

In 1907 the company of Pitman and Henry began a motorboat passenger service up and down the Current River between Van Buren and Doniphan