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).
Awards & recognition
- Sitges Grand Honorary Award · 2015
- Donostia Award · 2012
- Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival · 1994
- Officer of Arts and Letters · 1992
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 1991
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- Academy Award — Best Director · 1990
- Golden Bear · 1990
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1988
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1987
- Silver Bear · 1987
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1979
- Golden Globe Awards · 1979
- Air Medal
- Bronze Star Medal
- Combat Infantryman Badge
- Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite
- Commendation Medal
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Jupiter Awards
- National Defense Service Medal
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Purple Heart
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Vietnam Campaign Medal
- Vietnam Service Medal
- Writers Guild of America Award
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1996 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1992 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1992 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1992 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1987 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1987 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Screenplay · 1986 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1979 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Mindfulness: Be Happy Now
Ennio
Scarface
Platoon
1994
The Untold History of the United States
Malcolm X
JFK
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
Midnight Express
Wall Street
Nuclear Now
Snowden
The Weight of Chains 2
Milius
Savior
Natural Born Killers
The Joy Luck Club
The Doors
Icahn: The Restless Billionaire
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Born on the Fourth of July
Talk Radio
Salvador
Casting By
Nixon
Saturday Night Live
Breakdown: 1975
Any Given Sunday
South Central
Year of the Dragon
Conan the Barbarian
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
The Putin Interviews
U Turn
Heaven & Earth
Dave
Reversal of Fortune
Savages
Freeway
W.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
World Trade Center
Persona Non Grata
The Corruptor
Evita
Brand: A Second Coming
Alexander