Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

1946-09-15

Biography

William Oliver Stone is an American film director and screenwriter. Stone became known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an American infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on contemporary political and cultural issues, often controversially. He has received three Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Express (1978), and Best Director for Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Stone's movies often use many different cameras and film formats, including VHS, 8 mm film, and 70 mm film. He sometimes uses several formats in a single scene, as in Natural Born Killers (1994) and JFK (1991).

Also appears in

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

4.1

Comandante

Comandante

6.5

Ukraine on Fire

Ukraine on Fire

6.2

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

8.5

Milius

Milius

7.0

Seizure

Seizure

5.1

Monk Dawson

Monk Dawson

5.4

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

5.6

The Undefeated

The Undefeated

2.1

The Last Party

The Last Party

4.2

Greystone Park

Greystone Park

3.9

South of the Border

South of the Border

5.7

Frank Capra’s American Dream

Frank Capra’s American Dream

6.2

Hollywood Banker

Hollywood Banker

6.8

Sword-and-Sandal

Sword-and-Sandal

7.0

Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

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Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

6.8

French Cinema Mon Amour

French Cinema Mon Amour

0.5

The Road of Excess

The Road of Excess

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Conan Unchained: The Making of ’Conan’

Conan Unchained: The Making of ’Conan’

6.6