Biography
Oliver Stone has directed Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), W. (2008), World Trade Center (2006), Alexander (2004), Any Given Sunday (1999), U Turn (1997), Nixon (1995), Natural Born Killers (1994), Heaven & Earth (1993), JFK (1991), The Doors (1991), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Talk Radio (1988), Wall Street (1987), Platoon (1986), Salvador (1986), The Hand (1981) and Seizure (1974). He has written or co-written all of the above with the exception of U Turn, World Trade Center and W.
Stone has also written or co-written the following films: Midnight Express (1978), Scarface (1983), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Year of the Dragon (1985), Evita (1996) and 8 Million Ways to Die (1986).
Stone has directed four documentaries: America Undercover: Looking for Fidel (2004), Comandante (2003), America Undercover: Persona Non Grata (2003) and South of the Border (2009).
He has produced or co-produced The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), The Joy Luck Club (1993), Reversal of Fortune (1990), Savior (1998), Freeway (1996), South Central (1992), Zebrahead (1992), Blue Steel (1989) and the ABC miniseries Wild Palms (1993). He and his producers received an Emmy Award for the HBO film Indictment: The McMartin Trial and won the Best Documentary Award at the Hermosa Beach Film Festival for The Last Days of Kennedy and King.
Stone has won Oscars® for directing Born on the Fourth of July and Platoon, and for writing Midnight Express. He also received Oscar® nominations for directing JFK and co-writing Nixon, and he received three Golden Globe Awards for directing Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and JFK, and one for writing Midnight Express.
Documentary series titled The Untold History of the United States, which Stone created, executive produced and narrates has been released in 2012.
Stone wrote a novel, published in 1997 by St. Martin’s Press, titled “A Child’s Night Dream,” based on his experiences as a young man. He is also a contributor of some 200 pages of essays on movies, culture, politics and history for the book “Oliver Stone’s USA: Film, History and Controversy,” edited by Robert Brent Toplin and published in 2000 by the University Press of Kansas.
Stone was born September 15, 1946, in New York, New York. Prior to his film career, Stone worked as a schoolteacher in Vietnam, a merchant marine, a taxi driver, a messenger, a production assistant and a sales representative. 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 studies at New York University Film School in 1971.
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Screenwriter
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2016 |
Snowden |
2012 |
Savages |
2004 |
Alexander |
1999 |
Any Given Sunday |
1996 |
Evita |
1995 |
Nixon |
1994 |
Natural Born Killers |
1993 |
Heaven & Earth |
1991 |
JFK |
The Doors |
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1989 |
Born on the Fourth of July |
1988 |
Talk Radio |
1987 |
Wall Street |
1986 |
8 Million Ways to Die |
Platoon |
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Salvador |
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1985 |
Year of the Dragon |
1983 |
Scarface |
1982 |
Conan the Barbarian |
1981 |
The Hand |
1978 |
Midnight Express |
1974 |
Seizure |
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2022 |
Nuclear Now |
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2017 |
The Putin Interviews (series) |
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2013 |
The Untold History of the United States (series) |
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Chapter 10: Bush & Obama - Age of Terror (E10) |
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Chapter 9: Bush & Clinton - Squandered Peace and New World Order (E09) |
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2012 |
The Untold History of the United States (series) |
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Chapter 8: Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World - Rise of the Right (E08) |
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Chapter 7: Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune (E07) |
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Chapter 6: JFK - To the Brink (E06) |
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1992 |
From Hollywood to Hanoi |
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1971 |
Last Year in Viet Nam (student film) |
Director
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2016 |
Snowden |
2012 |
Savages |
2010 |
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps |
2008 |
W. |
2006 |
World Trade Center |
2004 |
Alexander |
1999 |
Any Given Sunday |
1997 |
U Turn |
1995 |
Nixon |
1994 |
Natural Born Killers |
1993 |
Heaven & Earth |
1991 |
JFK |
The Doors |
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1989 |
Born on the Fourth of July |
1988 |
Talk Radio |
1987 |
Wall Street |
1986 |
Platoon |
Salvador |
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1981 |
The Hand |
1974 |
Seizure |
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2024 |
Lula |
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2022 |
Nuclear Now |
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2021 |
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass |
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JFK: Destiny Betrayed (series) |
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Chapter Four (E04) |
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Chapter Three (E03) |
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Chapter Two (E02) |
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Chapter One (E01) |
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2017 |
The Putin Interviews (series) |
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2014 |
Mi amigo Hugo (TV movie) |
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2013 |
The Untold History of the United States (series) |
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Chapter 10: Bush & Obama - Age of Terror (E10) |
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Chapter 9: Bush & Clinton - Squandered Peace and New World Order (E09) |
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2012 |
Castro in Winter |
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The Untold History of the United States (series) |
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Chapter 8: Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World - Rise of the Right (E08) |
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Chapter 7: Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune (E07) |
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Chapter 6: JFK - To the Brink (E06) |
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2009 |
South of the Border |
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2004 |
Looking for Fidel (TV movie) |
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2003 |
Comandante |
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Persona Non Grata (TV movie) |
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1979 |
Mad Man of Martinique |
1971 |
Last Year in Viet Nam (student film) |
Michael and Marie |
Producer
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2010 |
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps |
1998 |
Savior |
1996 |
The People vs. Larry Flynt |
1995 |
Nixon |
1993 |
Heaven & Earth |
1991 |
JFK |
1990 |
Blue Steel |
Reversal of Fortune |
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1989 |
Born on the Fourth of July |
1986 |
Salvador |
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2003 |
Comandante |
Actor
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2012 |
Greystone Park |
2010 |
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps |
2005 |
Torrente 3: El protector |
1999 |
Any Given Sunday |
1995 |
Nixon |
1993 |
Dave |
1991 |
The Doors |
1989 |
Born on the Fourth of July |
1987 |
Wall Street |
1986 |
Platoon |
1981 |
The Hand |
1971 |
The Battle of Love's Return |
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2000 |
Troma's Edge TV |
1993 |
Great Books |
Wild Palms |
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Everything Must Go (E01) |
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1971 |
Last Year in Viet Nam (student film) |
Performer
Editor
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1974 |
Seizure |
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1971 |
Last Year in Viet Nam (student film) |
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1970 |
Street Scenes |
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1971 |
Last Year in Viet Nam (student film) |
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