Director
Gus Van Sant to San Francisco as Academy Visiting Artist
San Francisco,
CA - Academy Award(R)-nominated director Gus Van Sant will be the featured
guest at the first of a six-part film series titled "Close-Up: Visionaries
of Modern Cinema," which will be held on Thursday, December 19, at
8 p.m. at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences' Visiting Artists Program will sponsor Van Sant's appearance.
Van Sant
was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997 for directing "Good Will
Hunting." His other credits include "Finding Forrester,"
"To Die For," "My Own Private Idaho" and "Drugstore
Cowboy."
The Close-Up
series will be presented by Frameline, a San Francisco-based organization
that supports, develops and promotes lesbian and gay visibility through
media arts. The six-part series will honor those artists who have made
a significant impact in the entertainment industry. Each evening will
include an interview with that night's featured guest, interspersed with
film clips and followed by a question-and-answer period with the audience.
The New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell will host the program featuring
Van Sant.
The Visiting
Artists Program was instituted by the Academy in 1970 to provide a link
between the academic study of film and filmmaking and the men and women
who make movies. Through the program, members of the Academy's various
branches share their expertise in classrooms, festivals, conferences and
other film-related events.
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