Oliver Stone
| Oliver Stone | |
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Oliver Stone in Comic-Con, 2016
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| Born |
William Oliver Stone September 15, 1946 New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
New York University (B.F.A.) Yale University |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, producer, soldier |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Najwa Sarkis (m. 1971; div. 1977) Elizabeth Burkit Cox (m. 1981; div. 1993) Sun-jung Jung (m. 1996) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards |
Academy Award for Best Director 1986 Platoon 1989 Born on the Fourth of July Légion d'Honneur (2004) Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1978 Midnight Express |
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is a screenwriter, film director, and producer.
Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of Midnight Express (1978). He also wrote the acclaimed gangster movie Scarface (1983). As a director, Stone achieved prominence as director/writer of the war drama Platoon (1986), for which Stone won the Academy Award for Best Director; the film was awarded Best Picture. Platoon was the first in a trilogy of films based on the Vietnam War, in which Stone served as an infantry soldier. He continued the series with Born on the Fourth of July (1989)—for which Stone won his second Best Director Oscar—and Heaven & Earth (1993). Stone's other notable works include the Salvadoran Civil War-based drama Salvador (1986); the financial drama Wall Street (1987) and its 2010 sequel Money Never Sleeps; the Jim Morrison biopic The Doors (1991); and a trilogy of films based on the American Presidency—JFK (1991), Nixon (1995) and W. (2008). His latest film is Snowden (2016).
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