Oliver Stone

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1946)

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  • Directors rank#189
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Born 1946 · age 80United States

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  • Age
    80
    Born 1946
  • Known for
    Scarface
    1983
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

A decorated combat veteran who turned his two Purple Hearts from Vietnam into three Oscars, Stone built a career interrogating the wars, conspiracies, and power plays America would rather not examine too closely.

Biography

About

Born in New York in 1946, Stone left Yale to enlist in the Army in 1967, serving in the 25th Infantry and 1st Cavalry Divisions in Vietnam, where he was wounded twice and earned a Bronze Star for valor. He started as a screenwriter, winning his first Oscar for Midnight Express in 1978 and scripting Conan the Barbarian and Scarface before stepping behind the camera. Platoon in 1986 won him Best Director and Best Picture, followed by a second directing Oscar for Born on the Fourth of July three years later. From there he swung between Vietnam aftermath and American power: Wall Street, The Doors,…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone
said
The most shocking part [about the assassination of JFK] is...the sequence of the shooting, the timing,... the wounds and the autopsy.
Quoted in "Oliver Stone Looks Back at 'JFK'", Rolling Stone (November 4, 2013)
Oliver Stone
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Julian Assange did much for free speech and is now being victimised by the abusers of that concept.
Tweets (April 2013), as quoted in "Oliver Stone meets Julian Assange and criticises new WikiLeaks films" The Guardian (April 11, 2013)
Oliver Stone
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We have an obligation to those who died ... to remember
Oliver Stone: Satire and Controversy - Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (March 22, 2013) Reminiscing about Charlie Sheen's comments on
Oliver Stone
said
A sad occasion in that Julian could not follow me out the door. He lives in a tiny room with great modesty and discipline.
2013–2018
Oliver Stone
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Strong mind, no sun, friends who visit, work to be done, one documentary coming out from Alex Gibney that is not expected to be kind.
2013–2018
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Filmography

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TV credits

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Awards

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  • Sitges Grand Honorary Award
  • Donostia Award
  • Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
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Fame
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63.5
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Score components
Historical27.0
Source confidence85.0
Completeness90.0
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Category rank
#189
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