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Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

Directing · Born 1946-09-15 · New York City, New York, USA

IMDb

26 titles in this catalog with a median Balasaur Score of 67. The 1980s rate best: median 74 across 6 titles. Oliver Stone appears most often alongside Tommy Lee Jones (3 titles).

Biography

William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American filmmaker. 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).

Acting 101

Directing 35

Production 35

Writing 30

Creator 4

Editing 2

Camera 2

Crew 1