Oliver Stone
- Biography
- Undoubtedly one of the most controversial directors in Hollywood, Oliver Stone has made films that are remarkable for both the way in which their subject matter is handled and the degree of controversy such handling inspires.
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- Born
- September 15, 1946
Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Nominated | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Best Original Screenplay Nixon |
| 1991 | Nominated | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Best Director JFK (1991) |
Chicago Film Critics Association
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Won | Chicago Film Critics Association |
Best Director Nixon |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Nominated | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Best Director Natural Born Killers |
Venice International Film Festival
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Won | Venice International Film Festival |
Special Grand Prize of the Jury Natural Born Killers |
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Cinematical Seven: '80s Military Recruitment Movies
11/03/09 We live in a time when war movies based on toys ( Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra ) are better received by the public than those that have a basis in truth ( The Hurt Locker ). | Cinematical.com -
Nouriel Roubini Still Predicting the End of the World, Partying with Hot Chicks [Dismal Scientists]
11/02/09 Some genius once dubbed New York University economist Nouriel Roubini " the Joe Francis of Pessimism Porn ," and yesterday's one-two punch of a Eurotrashy post-Halloween loft party with Oliver Stone and a doomsaying op-ed in the Financial Times proves the point. | Gawker -
Movie a Stone's throw away
10/28/09 AS we left off yesterday I was auditing an Upper East Side townhouse scene. | Page Six -
'Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps' Star Carey Mulligan Is 'A Gekko, Man'
10/21/09 Soon, very soon now, fans will get to see exactly what an Oliver Stone sequel looks like. | MTV Movies Blog -
Oliver Stone Hates the Internet
10/16/09 "Now, possibly, and I won't be around, the synthesis will come, maybe the screens will become bigger and it won't be so cold and my eyes won't go crazy," he continued. | Popeater Movies -
Oliver Stone Hates the Internet, Likes the Internet's Money
10/14/09 Terra Networks paid Oliver Stone an estimated $75,000 to speak in Manhattan last night. | Defamer -
Shelf Life: Natural Born Killers
10/08/09 That of course isn't to say it's not still an incendiary classic, but in retrospect, Oliver Stone 's treatise on media savagery feels like both a product of its time and a random blitz of imagery that has since dulled our perceptions of (and reactions to) the film's overall effect. | Cinematical.com -
In NYC, Hugo Chavez & Evo Morales Hype Oliver Stone’s Latest
09/24/09 Security last night was apparent - no liquids of any kind allowed in the theater - though none of the bag searches or metal detectors usually present at such an event were in sight (enezuela's equivalent to the Secret Service moved about the theater and backstage for safety checks). | indieWIRE -
Greed is good again in NYC as Oliver Stone begins filming 'Wall Street' sequel
09/10/09 Filmmaker Oliver Stone hit the city Thursday to film the sequel to his 1987 hit " Wall Street ," hoping that greed is still good the second time around. | New York Daily News - New York NY -
Oliver Stone Doubts His Latest Film Will Be Welcomed At Home
09/10/09 He may be among the top echelon of Hollywood directors, but Oliver Stone has no illusions about the uphill battle he will have to wage to have his documentary, South of the Border , which criticizes U.S. policy towards Latin America, shown in the U.S. In an interview with Reuters at the Venice Film Festival, Stone pointed to other films dealing with the same subject that have been spurned or poorly handled by distributors. | The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)