Education:New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Trinity School, The Hill School, Yale University, Saybrook College, New York University
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Biography
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director and screenwriter. 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).
Notable Works
Gina MontanaPlatoonWall StreetThe DoorsJFKNatural Born Killers
Filmography (118 movies)
10.0
10.0
Becoming Alexander
2005
as Self
10.0
10.0
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004
as Self
9.5
9.5
Mindfulness: Be Happy Now
2015
as Self
8.5
8.5
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001
as Self
8.2
8.2
The Untold History Of The United States
2012
Writer
8.2
8.2
Scarface
1983
Screenplay
7.9
7.9
The Making of 'Scarface'
1998
as Self
7.7
7.7
Platoon
1986
Screenplay
7.6
7.6
JFK
1991
Director
7.5
7.5
Theaters of War
2022
as Self
7.5
7.5
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
2022
as Self
7.5
7.5
Midnight Express
1978
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Mooch
2018
as Self
7.2
7.2
Savior
1998
Producer
7.2
7.2
Wall Street
1987
Writer
7.1
7.1
The Doors
1991
Director
7.1
7.1
Snowden
2016
Director
7.1
7.1
The Joy Luck Club
1993
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Natural Born Killers
1994
Director
7.0
7.0
Salvador
1986
Writer
7.0
7.0
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021
Director
7.0
7.0
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
as Self - Filmmaker
7.0
7.0
The Weight of Chains 2
2014
as Self
7.0
7.0
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington