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Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946 in New York City) is an Academy Award-winning American film director.Stone attended Yale and the New York University. He has won two Academy Awards for Directing for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July.
A distinct feature in Oliver Stone's movies is the use of a multitude of different cameras and film formats, from VHS to 8mm film to 70mm film.
Stone has written or taken part in the writing of every film he has directed, except for U Turn (1997). He also had a hand in the screenplays for Midnight ExpressMidnight Express is a 1978 biographical film, based on the true story of Billy Hayes, a young American sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey to the US. It stars Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. (1978), Conan the BarbarianConan the Barbarian is a literary character created by Robert E. Howard in a series of fantasy pulp stories published in Weird Tales in the 1930s. Setting The Conan stories take place on Earth, but in the mythical (created by Howard) "Hyborian Age", betwe (1982), ScarfaceScarface is a 1983 movie about Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who has come to Florida in 1980 and entered into a life of organised crime. It is loosely based on a 1932 movie of the same name, see Scarface (1932) . Movie Facts Plot Summary An exiled Cuban i (1983), Year of the Dragon (1985), 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) and EvitaMadonna as Evita in the 1996 movie adaptation of the musical Evita is a musical/ rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the life of Eva Peron. Like Rice and Lloyd Webber's previous hit, Jesus Christ Superstar Evita began life as an album (1996).
Critics contend that Stone is a conspiracy theorist, and that his films manipulate the viewers and distort history; in spite of that, many consider Stone "one of the best directors in Hollywood", and the most controversial as well.
Movies directed by Stone include
- AlexanderAlexander is a 2004 drama / war movie, directed by Oliver Stone. Stone claims the movie is as true to history as possible. It is based primarily on the biography written by Robin Lane Fox. Another movie about Alexander, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, had bee (2004)
- ComandanteComandante is a documentary film by American director Oliver Stone. In the film, Stone interviews Cuban leader Fidel Castro on a diverse range of topics. Stone and his film crew visited Castro in Cuba for three days in 2002, and the film was released in 2 (2003)
- Any Given SundayAny Given Sunday is a 1999 movie directed by Oliver Stone starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Matthew Modine and Bill Bellamy. Charlton Heston has a small role. The movie also featured many real-life former (1999)
- U Turn (1997)
- NixonNixon is a 1995 film which tells the story of the political and personal life of former President Richard Nixon. It stars Anthony Hopkins as Nixon, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, E. Marshall, David Paymer, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Sorvi (1995)
- Natural Born Killers (1994)
- Heaven & Earth (1993)
- JFK (1991)
- The Doors (1991)
- Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- Talk Radio (1988)
- Wall Street (1987)
- Platoon (1986)
- Salvador (1986)
- The Hand (1981)
- Mad Man of Martinique (short) (1979)
- Seizure (aka Queen of Evil) (1974)
Stone, Oliver
Stone, Oliver
Stone, Oliver
