Oliver Stone

Biography

William Oliver Stone is an American film director and screenwriter. 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

Platoon

as Alpha Company Major in Bunker (uncredited)

Alexander

as Macedonian Soldier at Zeus Statue (uncredited)

Wall Street

as Trader - Office

Born on the Fourth of July

as News Reporter

Any Given Sunday

as Tug Kowalski: TV Announcer #1

The Doors

as UCLA Film Professor

Dave

as Oliver Stone

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Ennio

as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self