Oliver Stone
Directing•Born September 15, 1946 (age 79)•New York City, New York, USA
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).
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015•TV Series•
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003•TV Series•
6.0
Saturday Night Live
1975•TV Series•
6.9
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015•TV Series•
6.2
Spécial cinéma
1974•TV Series•
9.5
Kulturplatz
2004•TV Series•
6.0
Platoon
1986•Movie•
7.8
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
2012•TV Series•
7.6
Filmography
Personal Info
DepartmentDirecting
BirthdaySeptember 15, 1946
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Popularity1.4