Oliver Stone

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  • Birth Name: William Oliver Stone
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/15/1946, Virgo
  • Profession: Director; writer; producer; actor
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Oliver Stone Fast Facts:
  • His father, Louis, who became a successful New York stockbroker, met his mother, Jacqueline, while he was serving as an aide on Gen. Eisenhower's staff in post-war Paris.
  • At 5, began writing plays for his French cousins to perform; at 7, composed stories for which his father paid him 25 cents each; and by 9, started writing a book about his family.
  • Dropped out of college after one year at Yale, where he was briefly a contemporary of George W. Bush and John Kerry.
  • Taught English at a school in Saigon before the Vietnam War.
  • Enlisted in the Army and served in Vietnam from 1967-68, earning a Purple Heart with an Oak Leaf Cluster and a Bronze Star.
  • Studied under Martin Scorsese at NYU.
  • In 1997, published, to mixed reviews, an semi-autobiographical novel, A Child's Night Dream, which he had begun writing in 1966.
  • Appears as himself in son Sean's feature directorial debut, Graystone, a horror film about a group of filmmakers who break into an abandoned asylum.
  • In 2011, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th annual Savannah Film Festival, which he dedicated to legendary publicist and Savannah native Bobby Zarem.
  • Oliver Stone Relationships:
  • Chong Son Chong - Significant Other
  • Jacqueline Goddet - Mother
  • Louis Stone - Father
  • Michael Jack Stone - Son
  • Najwa Stone - Ex-wife
  • Sean Stone - Son
  • Tara Chong Stone - Daughter
  • Elizabeth Cox - Ex-wife
  • Oliver Stone Awards:
  • 1986 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
  • 1989 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
  • 1989 Oscar: Best Motion Picture of the Year - Nominee
  • 1995 Emmy: Outstanding Made for Television Movie - Winner
  • 1978 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Winner
  • 1989 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Nominee
  • 1986 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
  • 1995 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
  • 1996 BAFTA Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay - Nominee
  • 1990 BAFTA Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay - Nominee
  • 1987 BAFTA Awards: Best Achievement in Direction - Winner
  • 1979 Golden Globe: Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1987 Golden Globe: Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1990 Golden Globe: Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1987 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1990 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1995 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended Yale University, New Haven, CT; New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY (BFA in Film, 1971)
Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Oliver Stone, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto,
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