Oliver Stone

Born: 1946-09-15, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American filmmaker. 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).

Filmography

• World Trade Center (2006)
• Platoon (1986)
• Platoon (1986)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• Wall Street (1987)
• Wall Street (1987)
• JFK (1991)
• Any Given Sunday (1999)
• Any Given Sunday (1999)
• Snowden (2016)
• Savages (2012)
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
• The Doors (1991)
• The Doors (1991)
• Wild Palms (1993)
• Dave (1993)
• Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States (2012)
• Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States (2012)
• The Henry Rollins Show (2006)
• U Turn (1997)
• Talk Radio (1988)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• Nixon (1995)
• W. (2008)
• Salvador (1986)
• The Hand (1981)
• The Hand (1981)
• Lula (2024)