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Oliver Stone

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Oliver Stone

Born September 15, 1946 · 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).

Known for

Scarface

IMDb8.3

Scarface

Screenplay

Platoon

IMDb8.0

Platoon

Alpha Company Major in Bunker (uncredited), Director, Writer

Snowden

IMDb7.3

Snowden

Director, Screenplay

Natural Born Killers

IMDb7.2

Natural Born Killers

Director, Screenplay

Alexander

IMDb5.6

Alexander

Macedonian Soldier at Zeus Statue (uncredited), Producer, Director, Writer

Conan the Barbarian

IMDb6.9

Conan the Barbarian

Writer

JFK

IMDb8.0

JFK

Screenplay, Producer, Director

Savages

IMDb6.4

Savages

Screenplay, Director

Wall Street

IMDb7.3

Wall Street

Trader - Office, Writer, Director

Malcolm X

IMDb7.7

Malcolm X

Thanks

Born on the Fourth of July

IMDb7.2

Born on the Fourth of July

News Reporter, Screenplay, Producer, Director

Midnight Express

IMDb7.5

Midnight Express

Screenplay

Any Given Sunday

IMDb6.9

Any Given Sunday

Tug Kowalski: TV Announcer #1, Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer

World Trade Center

IMDb6.0

World Trade Center

Director

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

IMDb6.2

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Director, Writer, Producer

The Doors

IMDb7.2

The Doors

UCLA Film Professor, Director, Writer

The People vs. Larry Flynt

IMDb7.3

The People vs. Larry Flynt

Producer

Dave

IMDb6.9

Dave

Oliver Stone

U Turn

IMDb6.7

U Turn

Director

W.

IMDb6.3

W.

Director

Filmography

  1. 2025Breakdown: 1975SelfMovie
  2. 2025Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of WordsSelfMovie
  3. 2025Oliver Stone: The OutsiderSelf - director, subjectMovie
  4. 2024LulaSelf, DirectorMovie
  5. 2024The Tucker Carlson ShowSelf - GuestSeries
  6. 2023Cannes UncutSelfMovie
  7. 2023100 Years of Warner Bros.SelfSeries
  8. 2023Nuclear NowSelf, Director, WriterMovie
  9. 2022EnnioSelfMovie
  10. 2022Icahn: The Restless BillionaireSelfMovie
  11. 2022Theaters of WarSelfMovie
  12. 2022Michael Cimino, God Bless AmericaSelfMovie
  13. 2021JFK: Destiny BetrayedSelf - Narrator (voice), Director, CreatorSeries
  14. 2021JFK Revisited: Through the Looking GlassSelf / Narrator (voice), DirectorMovie
  15. 2021ValSelf (archive)Movie
  16. 2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonySelf (archive footage)Movie
  17. 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)Movie
  18. 2020Total Excess: How Carolco Changed HollywoodSelfMovie
  19. 20191994Self (archive footage)Series
  20. 2019Revealing UkraineSelf, Executive ProducerMovie
  21. 2019Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period EpicSelf - FilmmakerMovie
  22. 2018MoochSelfMovie
  23. 2017The Putin InterviewsSelf, Director, Screenplay, CreatorSeries
  24. 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneExecutive ProducerMovie
  25. 2016SnowdenDirector, ScreenplayMovie
  26. 2016Ukraine on FireSelf, Executive ProducerMovie
  27. 2015Mindfulness: Be Happy NowSelfMovie
  28. 2015A Good AmericanExecutive ProducerMovie
  29. 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - GuestSeries
  30. 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelfSeries
  31. 2015French Cinema Mon AmourSelfMovie
  32. 2015Brand: A Second ComingSelfMovie
  33. 2014The Weight of Chains 2SelfMovie
  34. 2014Hollywood BankerSelfMovie
  35. 2014My Friend HugoSelf, DirectorMovie
  36. 2013Vangelis and the Journey To IthakaSelfMovie
  37. 2013MiliusSelfMovie
  38. 2012Stanley Kubrick in FocusSelfMovie
  39. 2012The Untold History Of The United StatesNarrator, Director, WriterMovie
  40. 2012Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United StatesNarrator, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, CreatorSeries
  41. 2012Casting BySelfMovie
  42. 2012Greystone ParkOliverMovie
  43. 2012SavagesScreenplay, DirectorMovie
  44. 2012Castro in WinterSelf, DirectorMovie
  45. 2011The UndefeatedSelf (archive footage)Movie
  46. 2011Turning Like ClockworkSelfMovie
  47. 2010Wall Street: Money Never SleepsDirector, Writer, ProducerMovie
  48. 2010The InvocationSelfMovie
  49. 2009South of the BorderSelf, DirectorMovie
  50. 2008W.DirectorMovie
  51. 2007Cannes: All AccessSelfMovie
  52. 2007They Live by Night: The Twisted RoadSelfMovie
  53. 2006World Trade CenterDirectorMovie
  54. 2006The Henry Rollins ShowSeries
  55. 2005Becoming AlexanderSelfMovie
  56. 2005Torrente 3: The ProtectorInglés borrachoMovie
  57. 2004Oliver Stone's America : a dialogue with Oliver StoneSelfMovie
  58. 2004AlexanderMacedonian Soldier at Zeus Statue (uncredited), Producer, Director, WriterMovie
  59. 2004Sarah Kuttner – Die Showself - segmentSeries
  60. 2004Looking for FidelSelf, Director, WriterMovie
  61. 2003Persona Non GrataSelf, DirectorMovie
  62. 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelfSeries
  63. 2003ComandanteSelf, Director, ProducerMovie
  64. 2002Jim Brown: All-AmericanSelfMovie
  65. 2002John Ford Goes to WarSelf - IntervieweeMovie
  66. 2001The Day Reagan Was ShotExecutive ProducerMovie
  67. 2001A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'SelfMovie
  68. 2000Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'SelfMovie
  69. 1999Any Given SundayTug Kowalski: TV Announcer #1, Screenplay, Director, Executive ProducerMovie
  70. 1999The CorruptorExecutive ProducerMovie
  71. 1998Independent FocusSelfSeries
  72. 1998SaviorProducerMovie
  73. 1998The Making of 'Scarface'SelfMovie
  74. 1997Cold Around the HeartExecutive ProducerMovie
  75. 1997U TurnDirectorMovie
  76. 1997GravesendExecutive ProducerMovie
  77. 1997Frank Capra's American DreamSelfMovie
  78. 1996The People vs. Larry FlyntProducerMovie
  79. 1996EvitaScreenplayMovie
  80. 1996FreewayExecutive ProducerMovie
  81. 1996E! True Hollywood StorySelfSeries
  82. 1995NixonScreenplay, Producer, DirectorMovie
  83. 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelfMovie
  84. 1995Empire of the CensorsSelfMovie
  85. 1994The New AgeExecutive ProducerMovie
  86. 1994Natural Born KillersDirector, ScreenplayMovie
  87. 1993Heaven & EarthScreenplay, Director, ProducerMovie
  88. 1993The Joy Luck ClubExecutive ProducerMovie
  89. 1993The Last PartySelfMovie
  90. 1993Wild PalmsProducer, Executive Producer, CreatorSeries
  91. 1993DaveOliver StoneMovie
  92. 1993Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracySelfMovie
  93. 1992Malcolm XThanksMovie
  94. 1992ZebraheadExecutive ProducerMovie
  95. 1992South CentralExecutive ProducerMovie
  96. 1992The JFK ConspiracySelfMovie
  97. 1991JFKScreenplay, Producer, DirectorMovie
  98. 1991Iron MazeExecutive ProducerMovie
  99. 1991The DoorsUCLA Film Professor, Director, WriterMovie
  100. 1990Reversal of FortuneProducerMovie
  101. 1990Blue SteelProducerMovie
  102. 1989Born on the Fourth of JulyNews Reporter, Screenplay, Producer, DirectorMovie
  103. 1988Talk RadioScreenplay, DirectorMovie
  104. 1987Wall StreetTrader - Office, Writer, DirectorMovie
  105. 1986PlatoonAlpha Company Major in Bunker (uncredited), Director, WriterMovie
  106. 19868 Million Ways to DieScreenplayMovie
  107. 1986SalvadorDirector, Producer, WriterMovie
  108. 1985Year of the DragonScreenplayMovie
  109. 1983ScarfaceScreenplayMovie
  110. 1982Conan the BarbarianWriterMovie
  111. 1981The HandBum, Director, ScreenplayMovie
  112. 1978Midnight ExpressScreenplayMovie
  113. 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited)Series
  114. 1974SeizureAnchor (voice) (uncredited), Editor, Director, ScreenplayMovie
  115. 1974Spécial cinémaSelfSeries
  116. 1973Sugar CookiesProducerMovie
  117. 1971Film '72SelfSeries
  118. 1971The Battle of Love's ReturnCliffMovie
  119. 1971Last Year in Viet NamWar Veteran, Writer, Editor, Director of PhotographyMovie
  120. 1970Street Scenes 1970Director of Photography, Camera OperatorMovie