Oliver Stone
is 63 years old Real name: William Oliver StoneBorn: Sunday, September 15, 1946 (New York, New York, USA)Height: 6'
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Oliver Stone in Alexander (2004) OLIVER STONE (Writer/Director) has worked as a school teacher in Vietnam, a Merchant Marine sailor in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, a taxi driver, a messenger, a production assistant, and a sales representative for a sports film company, all of these in New York City. He served in the U.S. Army Infantry in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. He was wounded twice and decorated with the Bronze Star for Valor. After returning from Vietnam, he completed his undergraduate series at New York University Film School in 1971. Stone has been nominated for 11 Academy Awards as a screenwriter, director and producer. He has won Oscars for writing Midnight Express and as director for both Born on the Fourth of July and Platoon. He has also received three Golden Globes for directing (Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and JFK), one for writing (Midnight Express) and was nominated for Best Director for Natural Born Killers and co-writing for Nixon. Stone is a contributor of some 200 pages of essays on movies, culture, politics and history as published in the book Oliver Stone’s USA. His first novel was published in 1997 by St. Martin’s Press entitled A Child’s Night Dream, based on Stone’s experiences as a young man. His documentary film Persona non Grata, a series of conversations with current and past Israeli and Palestinian leaders and militants, debuted on HBO in the spring of 2003. Comandante was controversially shelved by the cable network, which then broadcast Stone’s second documentary about Castro, Looking for Fidel, in April 2004. Stone has directed the feature films Any Given Sunday (‘99), U-Turn (‘97), Nixon (‘95), Natural Born Killers (‘94), Heaven and Earth (‘93), JFK (‘91), The Doors (‘91), Born on the Fourth of July (‘89), Talk Radio (‘88), Wall Street (‘87), Platoon (‘86), Salvador (‘86), The Hand (‘81) and Seizure (‘73). His writing credits apart from his directed films include: Midnight Express, Scarface, Conan the Barbarian, Year of the Dragon and Evita. His producing credits are: The People vs. Larry Flynt, The Joy Luck Club, Reversal of Fortune, Savior, Freeway, South Central, Zebrahead, Blue Steel and the ABC mini-series Wild Palms. Apart from his directed films, as a producer Stone has won an Emmy for the HBO film Indictment: The McMartin Trial and was nominated for the documentary The Last Days of Kennedy and King.
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Directing - Oliver Stone worked as director on following movies: •
W. (2008) [Filming] (79 votes)
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Pinkville (2008) [Pre-production]
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World Trade Center (2006) (167 votes)
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Alexander (2004) dvd (277 votes)
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Looking for Fidel (2004) (1 votes)
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Persona Non Grata (2003) (2 votes)
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Comandante (2003) (8 votes)
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Any Given Sunday (1999) dvd (300 votes)
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U Turn (1997) dvd (158 votes)
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Nixon (1995) dvd (86 votes)
• Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 1996 •
Natural Born Killers (1994) dvd (396 votes)
• Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture 1995 •
America Undercover (1993)
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America Undercover (1993)
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Heaven & Earth (1993) dvd (31 votes)
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JFK (1991) dvd (392 votes)
• Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted 1993 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 1992 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Director 1992 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Picture 1992 • Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1992 • Won Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture 1992 •
Doors, The (1991) dvd (166 votes)
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Born on the Fourth of July (1989) dvd (183 votes)
• Won Academy Award - Best Director 1990 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Picture 1990 • Won Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1990 • Won Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture 1990 • Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted 1991 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 1990 •
Talk Radio (1988) dvd (32 votes)
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Wall Street (1987) dvd (173 votes)
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Platoon (1986) dvd (559 votes)
• Won Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture 1987 • Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1987 •
Salvador (1986) dvd (41 votes)
• Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 1987 •
Platoon (1986) dvd (559 votes)
• Won BAFTA Award - Best Direction 1988 • Won Academy Award - Best Director 1987 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 1987 •
Hand, The (1981) (10 votes)
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Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
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Seizure (1974) (1 votes)
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Last Year in Viet Nam (1971)
Screenplay - Oliver Stone worked as writer on following movies: •
Alexander (2004) dvd (277 votes)
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Looking for Fidel (2004) (1 votes)
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Comandante (2003) (8 votes)
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Freeway (1996) dvd (76 votes)
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Doors, The (1991) dvd (166 votes)
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Born on the Fourth of July (1989) dvd (183 votes)
screenplay • Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted 1991 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 1990 • Won Academy Award - Best Director 1990 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Picture 1990 • Won Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1990 • Won Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture 1990 •
Wall Street (1987) dvd (173 votes)
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Salvador (1986) dvd (41 votes)
• Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 1987 •
8 Million Ways to Die (1986) (9 votes)
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Platoon (1986) dvd (559 votes)
• Won BAFTA Award - Best Direction 1988 • Won Academy Award - Best Director 1987 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 1987 • Won Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture 1987 • Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1987 •
Year of the Dragon (1985) dvd (28 votes)
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Scarface (1983) dvd (285 votes)
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Hand, The (1981) (10 votes)
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Seizure (1974) (1 votes)
Production - Oliver Stone worked as producer on following movies: •
Escobar (2009) (1 votes)
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W. (2008) [Filming] (79 votes)
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Pinkville (2008) [Pre-production]
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World Trade Center (2006) (167 votes)
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Alexander (2004) dvd (277 votes)
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Comandante (2003) (8 votes)
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Day Reagan Was Shot, The (2001) dvd (6 votes)
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Corruptor, The (1999) dvd (62 votes)
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Any Given Sunday (1999) dvd (300 votes)
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Savior (1998) dvd (27 votes)
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Last Days of Kennedy and King, The (1998) (2 votes)
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Cold Around the Heart (1997) (6 votes)
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People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) dvd (184 votes)
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Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) dvd (6 votes)
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Freeway (1996) dvd (76 votes)
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Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) dvd (11 votes)
executive producer • Won Emmy - Outstanding Made for Television Movie 1995 •
Nixon (1995) dvd (86 votes)
• Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 1996 •
New Age, The (1994) (4 votes)
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Heaven & Earth (1993) dvd (31 votes)
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Joy Luck Club, The (1993) dvd (64 votes)
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Wild Palms (1993)
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South Central (1992) dvd (6 votes)
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Zebrahead (1992) dvd (4 votes)
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JFK (1991) dvd (392 votes)
• Nominated for Academy Award - Best Director 1992 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Picture 1992 • Nominated for Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1992 • Won Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture 1992 •
Iron Maze (1991) dvd (2 votes)
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JFK (1991) dvd (392 votes)
• Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted 1993 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 1992 •
Blue Steel (1990) dvd (29 votes)
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Reversal of Fortune (1990) dvd (33 votes)
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Born on the Fourth of July (1989) dvd (183 votes)
• Nominated for BAFTA Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted 1991 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 1990 • Won Academy Award - Best Director 1990 • Nominated for Academy Award - Best Picture 1990 • Won Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1990 • Won Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture 1990 •
Salvador (1986) dvd (41 votes)
• Nominated for Academy Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 1987 •
Sugar Cookies (1973)
Acting - Oliver Stone appeared
in following movies:
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Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006)
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Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006)
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Death of 'Alexander', The (2005)
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Perfect Is the Enemy of Good (2005)
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Resurrecting 'Alexander' (2005)
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Five Directors on 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004)
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Looking for Fidel (2004) (1 votes)
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Film School (2004)
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Scarface: The Rebirth (2003)
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Hollywood High (2003)
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Persona Non Grata (2003) (2 votes)
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Unseen + Untold: Scarface (2003)
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Scarface: Creating (2003)
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John Ford Goes to War (2002)
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Jim Brown: All American (2002) (1 votes)
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Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon', A (2001)
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Oliver Stone's America (2001)
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Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' (2001)
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Money Never Sleeps (2000)
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Mioch versus Goderie (2000)
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Gente de primera (2000)
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Hollywood, D.C. (2000)
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HARDtalk (2000)
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Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)
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Directors, The (1999)
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Full Contact: The Making of 'Any Given Sunday' (1999)
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One Vision (1998)
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Kennedys: Power, Seduction and Hollywood, The (1998)
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Making of 'Scarface', The (1998)
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Road of Excess, The (1997)
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Mundo VIP (1996)
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Klang der Bilder, Der (1995)
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HBO First Look (1994)
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HBO First Look (1994)
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Last Party, The (1993) (2 votes)
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America Undercover (1993)
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America Undercover (1993)
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Oliver Stone: Inside Out (1992)
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Our Hollywood Education (1992)
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First Works (1989)
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44th Annual Golden Globe Awards, The (1987)
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Biography (1987)
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Biography (1987)
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