Oliver Stone is an American filmmaker. He's directed numerous films such as Salvador (1986), Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), The Doors (1990), JFK (1991), Heaven & Earth (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Nixon (1995), and Any Given Sunday (1999). His recent films include Alexander (2004), World Trade Center (2006), W. (2008), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Savages (2012), and Snowden (2016). Stone has also directed numerous documentary films.
Stone has received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards; for Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Express (1978) and Best Director twice for Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He has also received a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, six Golden Globe Awards (the most for any non-performer), and two Directors Guild of America Awards.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1979 Best Adapted Screenplay Midnight Express 1987 Best Director Platoon Best Original Screenplay Salvador 1990 Best PictureBorn on the Fourth of July Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay 1992 Best PictureJFK Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay 1996 Best Original Screenplay Nixon
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1988 Best Direction Platoon 1991Best Adapted Screenplay Born on the Fourth of July 1993 JFK 1997 Evita
Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1995 Outstanding Television Movie Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1979 Best Screenplay Midnight Express 1987 Best DirectorPlatoon Best Screenplay 1990 Best Director Born on the Fourth of July Best Screenplay Best Motion Picture - Drama 1992 Best Director JFK Best Screenplay 1995 Best Director Natural Born Killers
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1979 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Midnight Express
Guild awards Directors Guild of America Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Best Director - Feature Film Platoon 1989 Born on the Fourth of July 1991 JFK
Writers Guild of America Year Category Nominated work Result1978 Best Adapted Screenplay Midnight Express 1986 Best Original Screenplay Salvador Platoon 1989 Born on the Fourth of July 1991 Best Adapted Screenplay JFK 2017 Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement
Festival awards Berlin Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result1986 Golden Bear Platoon Silver Bear 1988 Golden Bear Talk Radio 1989 Born on the Fourth of July 1990 Honorary Golden Bear 1999 Golden Bear Any Given Sunday
Cannes Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Golden Eye JFK: Revisted
Cairo International Film Festival Year Category Result 1994 Career Achievement Award
Venice Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1994 Golden Lion Natural Born Killers Grand Jury Prize 2022 Enrico Fulchignoni
Miscellaneous accolades +Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986Best FeaturePlatoonSalvadorBest DirectorPlatoonSalvadorBest ScreenplayPlatoonSalvador1988Best Director Talk Radio Golden Raspberry Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1985 Worst Screenplay Year of the Dragon 1997 Worst Director U Turn 2004 Alexander Worst Screenplay
Critical reception Year Title Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic 1974 Seizure 1981 The Hand 29% 59% 1986 Salvador 90% 69% Platoon 89% 92% 1987 Wall Street 79% 56% 1988 Talk Radio 82% 66% 1989 Born on the Fourth of July 85% 75% 1991 The Doors 56% 62% JFK 84% 72%1993 Heaven & Earth 43% 1994 Natural Born Killers 49% 74% 1995 Nixon 75% 66% 1997 U Turn 59% 54% 1999 Any Given Sunday 52% 52% 2004 Alexander 16% 40% 2006 World Trade Center 66% 66% 2008 W. 58% 56% 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 55% 59%2012 Savages 50% 59%2016 Snowden 61% 58%
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