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 four Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Express (1978), for Best Picture for Platoon (1986) and the 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, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Directors Guild of America Awards.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1979 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Midnight Express | Won | [1] |
1987 | Best Picture | Platoon | Won | [2] |
Best Director | Won | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
Salvador | Nominated | |||
1990 | Best Picture | Born on the Fourth of July | Nominated | [3] |
Best Director | Won | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
1992 | Best Picture | JFK | Nominated | [4] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
1996 | Best Original Screenplay | Nixon | Nominated | [5] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1988 | Best Direction | Platoon | Won |
1991 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Born on the Fourth of July | Nominated |
1993 | JFK | Nominated | |
1997 | Evita | Nominated | |
Primetime Emmy Award | ||||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
1995 | Outstanding Television Movie | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Won | [6] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | Best Screenplay | Midnight Express | Won | [7] |
1987 | Best Director | Platoon | Won | [8] |
Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
1990 | Best Director | Born on the Fourth of July | Won | [9] |
Best Screenplay | Won | |||
1992 | Best Director | JFK | Won | [10] |
Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
1995 | Best Director | Natural Born Killers | Nominated | [11] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1979 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Midnight Express | Nominated |
Directors Guild of America | |||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
1986 | Best Director - Feature Film | Platoon | Won |
1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Won | |
1991 | JFK | Nominated | |
Writers Guild of America | |||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
1978 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Midnight Express | Won |
1986 | Best Original Screenplay | Salvador | Nominated |
Platoon | Nominated | ||
1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Nominated | |
1991 | Best Adapted Screenplay | JFK | Nominated |
2017 | Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement | Honored | |
Berlin Film Festival | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
1986 | Golden Bear | Platoon | Nominated |
Silver Bear | Won | ||
1988 | Golden Bear | Talk Radio | Nominated |
1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Nominated | |
1990 | Honorary Golden Bear | Won | |
1999 | Golden Bear | Any Given Sunday | Nominated |
Cannes Film Festival | |||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
2021 | Golden Eye | JFK: Revisted | Nominated |
Venice Film Festival | |||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
1994 | Golden Lion | Natural Born Killers | Nominated |
Grand Jury Prize | Won | ||
2022 | Enrico Fulchignoni | Won |
Golden Raspberry Awards | |||
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Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
1985 | Worst Screenplay | Year of the Dragon | Nominated |
1997 | Worst Director | U Turn | Nominated |
2004 | Alexander | Nominated | |
Worst Screenplay | Nominated | ||
Year | Title | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
---|---|---|---|
1974 | Seizure | — | — |
1981 | The Hand | 29% [12] | 59% [13] |
1986 | Salvador | 90% [14] | 69% [15] |
Platoon | 89% [16] | 92% [17] | |
1987 | Wall Street | 79% [18] | 56% [19] |
1988 | Talk Radio | 82% [20] | 66% [21] |
1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | 85% [22] | 75% [23] |
1991 | The Doors | 56% [24] | 62% [25] |
JFK | 84% [26] | 72% [27] | |
1993 | Heaven & Earth | 43% [28] | — |
1994 | Natural Born Killers | 49% [29] | 74% [30] |
1995 | Nixon | 75% [31] | 66% [32] |
1997 | U Turn | 59% [33] | 54% [34] |
1999 | Any Given Sunday | 52% [35] | 52% [36] |
2004 | Alexander | 16% [37] | 40% [38] |
2006 | World Trade Center | 66% [39] | 66% [40] |
2008 | W. | 58% [41] | 56% [42] |
2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | 55% [43] | 59% [44] |
2012 | Savages | 50% [45] | 59% [46] |
2016 | Snowden | 61% [47] | 58% [48] |
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