Oliver Stone
Biography
Oliver Stone is an American filmmaker who got his start as a screenwriter and became known for politically charged dramas, particularly about the Vietnam War. Born in New York City, he served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, an experience that later informed his work. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Express (1978) and also wrote Scarface (1983). His directorial breakthrough came with Platoon (1986), which won Best Picture and brought him the Best Director Oscar, and he won that award again for Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He also directed Wall Street, The Doors, and JFK, among others, and later made the presidential drama Nixon and the football film Any Given Sunday. In recent decades he turned increasingly to documentaries, including South of the Border (2009) and Nuclear Now (2022). His honors include three Academy Awards, a BAFTA, a Primetime Emmy, and six Golden Globes.
80years old
Turns 81 on September 15in 336 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- William Oliver Stone (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 51 years1974 to 2025
Genres
- Documentary80%, 8 films
- Horror20%, 2 films
- Biography10%, 1 film
- Drama10%, 1 film
- Music10%, 1 film
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Early training
Stone studied at New York University on the G.I. Bill, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film in 1971. Martin Scorsese was among his teachers, and Stone also took a small acting part in the comedy The Battle of Love's Return.
A first
Stone produced The Joy Luck Club, a movie about a present day Asian American story. It was the first big Hollywood film with an Asian director and a mostly Asian cast.
Oliver Stone movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass2021 Documentaryas Self / Narratorvoice
IMDb rating 7.55.0K votes
Worked with
Oliver Stone shares two films with Walter Cronkite, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Walter Cronkite's page
Fidel Castro's page
Michael Caine's page
Donald Sutherland's page
Whoopi Goldberg's page
Ellen Burstyn's page
Igor LopatonokDirector, 1 film, 2016
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All films by Morgan Neville
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1979 to 2015, eleven of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1990 | Best Director | Born on the Fourth of July | Won |
| 1987 | Best Director | Platoon | Won |
| 1979 | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Midnight Express | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1992 | Awards | Won | |
| 1990 | Awards | Won | |
| 1987 | Awards | Won | |
| 1979 | Awards | Won | |
| BAFTA | |||
| 1988 | Best Direction | Platoon | Won |
| Berlin Film Festival | |||
| 1990 | Golden Bear | Won | |
| 1987 | Silver Bear | Won | |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| 1994 | Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2015 | Sitges Grand Honorary Award | Honorary | |
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