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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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
Director
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
2012
as Self - Interviewee
7.0
7.0
Nuclear Now
2023
Director
7.0
7.0
Rock Poet: Jim Morrison
2010
as Self
7.0
7.0
Oliver Stone, l’Amérique au vitriol
2025
as Self - director, subject
7.0
7.0
Icahn: The Restless Billionaire
2022
as Self
7.0
7.0
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Director
7.0
7.0
Talk Radio
1988
Director
7.0
7.0
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
Producer
6.9
6.9
Nixon
1995
Director
6.8
6.8
Any Given Sunday
1999
Director
6.8
6.8
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
Hollywood Banker
2014
as Self
6.8
6.8
Year of the Dragon
1985
Screenplay
6.7
6.7
South Central
1992
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
as Self
6.7
6.7
Heaven & Earth
1993
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
Reversal of Fortune
1990
Producer
6.6
6.6
U Turn
1997
Director
6.5
6.5
Comandante
2003
Director
6.5
6.5
Freeway
1996
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
Gravesend
1997
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
Executive Producer
6.3
6.3
Savages
2012
Director
6.2
6.2
Cannes Uncut
2023
as Self
6.2
6.2
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self
6.2
6.2
W.
2008
Director
6.1
6.1
World Trade Center
2006
Director
6.1
6.1
The Corruptor
1999
Executive Producer
6.1
6.1
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
Producer
6.1
6.1
Evita
1996
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Oliver Stone's America : a dialogue with Oliver Stone
2004
as Self
6.0
6.0
The JFK Conspiracy
1992
as Self
6.0
6.0
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006
as Self
6.0
6.0
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
Once upon a time on Wall Street
2017
as Self
6.0
6.0
Brand: A Second Coming
2015
as Self
6.0
6.0
Ukraine on Fire
2016
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
Alexander
2004
Producer
5.9
5.9
South of the Border
2009
Director
5.9
5.9
Persona Non Grata
2003
Director
5.9
5.9
Looking for Fidel
2004
Director
5.9
5.9
The Hand
1981
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
Blue Steel
1990
Producer
5.6
5.6
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self
5.6
5.6
Zebrahead
1992
Executive Producer
5.4
5.4
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
Screenplay
5.4
5.4
Sugar Cookies
1973
Producer
5.3
5.3
The New Age
1994
Executive Producer
5.3
5.3
John Ford Goes to War
2002
as Self - Interviewee
5.1
5.1
Castro in Winter
2012
Director
5.0
5.0
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
2007
as Self
5.0
5.0
Seizure
1974
Screenplay
5.0
5.0
The Invocation
2010
as Self
5.0
5.0
They Live by Night: The Twisted Road
2007
as Self
5.0
5.0
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
5.0
5.0
Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood
2020
as Self
5.0
5.0
Jim Brown: All-American
2002
as Self
4.9
4.9
Cold Around the Heart
1997
Executive Producer
4.7
4.7
Monk Dawson
1998
as Young Winterman
4.7
4.7
Turning Like Clockwork
2011
as Self
4.6
4.6
The Last Party
1993
as Self
4.5
4.5
Last Year in Viet Nam
1971
Director
4.4
4.4
Revealing Ukraine
2019
Executive Producer
4.1
4.1
Iron Maze
1991
Executive Producer
3.8
3.8
Greystone Park
2012
as Oliver
3.7
3.7
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
3.0
3.0
Lula
2024
Director
2.5
2.5
My Friend Hugo
2014
Director
2.5
2.5
The Battle of Love's Return
1971
as Cliff
2.0
2.0
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger