Oliver Stone
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Born September 15, 1946 (79 years old)·New York City, New York, USA·Male
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.
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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).
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Filmography
232 credits across 161 titlesDirecting
37 creditsActing
16 creditsCreator
4 creditsWriting
31 creditsProduction
36 creditsCamera
2 creditsEditing
2 creditsCrew
1 creditAs self
103 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
