Oliver Stone
New York City, New York, USA
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William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) 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).
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Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Oliver Stone's America : a dialogue with Oliver Stone
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Mystical Traveler: The Life and Times of Dr. John-Roger
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Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
