Oliver Stone

33 films directed 26 Awards 5 Nominations

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).

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

2015 Sitges Grand Honorary Award
2012 Donostia Award
1994 Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
1992 Officer of Arts and Letters
1992 Academy Award for Best Director Nominated
1991 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
1990 Academy Award for Best Director
1990 Golden Bear
1990 Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated
1990 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated
1988 BAFTA Award for Best Direction
1987 Silver Bear
1987 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated
1986 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay Nominated
1979 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
1979 Golden Globe Awards
— Purple Heart
— Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
— Bronze Star Medal
— Air Medal
— Directors Guild of America Award
— Writers Guild of America Award
— Jupiter Awards
— Vietnam Service Medal
— Gallantry Cross
— National Defense Service Medal
— Commendation Medal
— Combat Infantryman Badge
— Vietnam Campaign Medal
— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
— Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite

The career in numbers

US$ 713 mi Total budget from 20 film(s) with data
US$ 1.4 bi Total box office from 19 film(s) with data
US$ 36 mi Average budget from 20 film(s) with data
US$ 76 mi Average box office from 19 film(s) with data
6.8 Average rating from 22 film(s) with data
2.0× Return on investment from 19 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Lula	2024	—	—	3.0
Nuclear Now	2023	—	—	7.1
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass	2021	—	—	7.0
Snowden	2016	US$ 40 mi	US$ 37 mi	7.1
My Friend Hugo	2014	—	—	2.2
Savages	2012	US$ 45 mi	US$ 83 mi	6.4
The Untold History Of The United States	2012	—	—	8.2
Castro in Winter	2012	—	—	4.4
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	2010	US$ 70 mi	US$ 135 mi	6.1
South of the Border	2009	—	—	6.1
W.	2008	US$ 25 mi	US$ 30 mi	6.1
World Trade Center	2006	US$ 65 mi	US$ 163 mi	6.1
Alexander	2004	US$ 155 mi	US$ 167 mi	6.0
Looking for Fidel	2004	—	—	6.2
Comandante	2003	—	—	6.6
Persona Non Grata	2003	—	—	6.1
Any Given Sunday	1999	US$ 55 mi	US$ 100 mi	6.8
U Turn	1997	US$ 19 mi	US$ 7 mi	6.6
Nixon	1995	US$ 44 mi	US$ 14 mi	6.8
Natural Born Killers	1994	US$ 34 mi	US$ 110 mi	7.1
Heaven & Earth	1993	US$ 33 mi	US$ 6 mi	6.6
JFK	1991	US$ 40 mi	US$ 205 mi	7.6
The Doors	1991	US$ 38 mi	US$ 34 mi	7.1
Born on the Fourth of July	1989	US$ 14 mi	US$ 161 mi	7.0
Talk Radio	1988	US$ 4 mi	US$ 3 mi	7.1
Wall Street	1987	US$ 15 mi	US$ 44 mi	7.2
Platoon	1986	US$ 6 mi	US$ 139 mi	7.7
Salvador	1986	US$ 5 mi	US$ 2 mi	7.0
The Hand	1981	US$ 7 mi	US$ 566,736	5.8
Seizure	1974	US$ 250,000	—	4.9
Last Year in Viet Nam	1971	—	—	6.5
Street Scenes 1970	1970	—	—	5.5
White Lies	—	—	—	—

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