Oliver Stone American Director Known for Scarface

Oliver Stone, born 15 September 1946 in New York City, is an American director. His best-known titles on this site are Scarface (1983) and Platoon (1986).

Early life

He studied at Trinity School, The Hill School and Saybrook College.

Career

Records list The Battle of Love's Return (1971) as his earliest screen credit. In the 1980s, he appeared in Wall Street (1987) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). The 1990s brought Nixon (1995, as Closing Narration) and Any Given Sunday (1999). His 2000s credits include Alexander (2004, as Macedonian soldier at Zeus Statue) and Torrente 3: El protector (2005). During the 2010s, he worked on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and Greystone Park (2012).

In all, 48 films and 3 TV series appear in his credits from 1971 to 2022. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (7), followed by action (2) and biographical (2). The newest title on record is Nuclear Now, from 2022. Platoon (1986) is recorded with a worldwide box office of $139 million. He is also credited as director on 31 titles, including JFK, writer on 28 titles, including Conan the Barbarian, and creator on W..

Charlie Sheen appears in three of his listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Anthony Hopkins (two titles) and Michael Douglas (two titles). Natural Born Killers and The Doors are listed among his notable work.

Recognition

Wins include three Academy Awards (1979, 1987 and 1990). Further recognition came with four Golden Globes awards (1979, 1987, 1990 and 1992) and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction (1988) for Platoon. He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay in 1987 for Platoon. His awards record shows 30 wins and 12 nominations.

Personal life

He has been married to Sun-jung Jung since 1996. Earlier marriages on record are to Najwa Sarkis (1971 to 1977) and Elizabeth Burkit Cox (1981 to 1993). He is the father of Sean Stone, and has 3 children in total.