In 2003 , Van Sant 's film about the Columbine High School massacre , '' Elephant '' , won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . Van Sant also received the festival 's Best Director Award that same year , making him one of only two filmmakers — the other being Joel Coen — to win both accolades at the festival in the same year . Though most of Van Sant 's other films received favourable reviews , such as '' Finding Forrester '' ( 2000 ) and '' Paranoid Park '' ( 2007 ) , some of his efforts , such as the art house production '' Last Days '' ( 2005 ) and the environmental drama '' Promised Land '' ( 2012 ) , have received more mixed reviews from critics , while his adaptation of Tom Robbins 's '' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues '' ( 1994 ) , his 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock 's '' Psycho '' , and '' The Sea of Trees '' ( 2015 ) , were critical and commercial failures
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
Gus Van Sant