Oliver Stone

Film director

1946 –

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Who is Oliver Stone?

William Oliver Stone is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and military veteran. Stone came to public prominence between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s for writing and directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an infantry soldier. Many of Stone's films focus on contemporary and controversial American political and cultural issues, such as JFK, Natural Born Killers, and Nixon.

Stone's films often combine different camera and film formats within a single scene as evidenced in JFK, Natural Born Killers, and Nixon. British newspaper The Guardian has described Stone as "one of the few committed men of the left working in mainstream American cinema." Stone has received three Academy Awards for his work on the films Midnight Express, Platoon, and Born on the Fourth of July. He was presented with the Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award at the 2007 Austin Film Festival.

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Born
Sep 15, 1946
New York City
Also known as
  • Oliver Stone (Mister)
  • Oliver William Stone
  • Oliver W. Stone
  • William Oliver Stone
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Buddhism
  • Episcopal Church
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Yale University
  • New York University
  • Trinity School
  • The Hill School
  • Tisch School of the Arts
Lived in
  • New York City
  • Manhattan

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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