StatsBirth Name: William Oliver Stone Age: 66, born 15 September 1946 Country of origin: United States Height: 6' 0" Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Relationship Status: Married Partner: Sun-jung Jung
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Most Accomplished ACTIVE Directors (2012 Edition) (50 person items)"Re-Entry
2011 Rank: UNRANKED
2010 Rank: #25
2009 Rank: #19
a. Platoon (1986)
b. Wall Street (1987)
c. Talk Radio (1988)
d. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
e. The Doors (1991)
f. JFK (1991)
g. Natural Born Killers (1994)
h. Nixon (1995)
i. Any Given Sunday (1999)
j. W. (2008)
Savages (2012)
He returns to the list with the anticipated film, "Savages" that looks like a return to his forte"
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Stanley Kubrick: Quotes (35 person items)" "The most interesting aspect of a scene is “controlled uncertainty”. That's what Kubrick got. Everybody else would shoot pretty conventionally, but when I saw Godard or Kubrick, in that period when I was studying film with more intensity, there was an unpredictability about Stanley Kubrick. Even as a kid, I didn't know what he would do next. It's the way Kubrick looks at reality. His reality is supercharged."
“He was the single greatest director of his g"
Digital Versus Film (14 person items)" ... film is still, to me, in my opinion, without a doubt, 15 to 20% better than the digital. In its range and its blacks, and the depths of its blacks. When you see this movie, if you see it with a good projector, the colors pop, and I love that...
My protest against digital has been me saying, “What’s going to happen to film?” The result is that Kodak is out of business. That’s a national tragedy. We’ve got to keep making film.
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Directors to Watch (154 person items)"★★★★
1. Platoon
2. Born on the 4th of July
★★★☆
3. Wall Street
★★★
4. W
Watch-list: Natural Born Killers"
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My favorite directors (14 person items)"Tarantino would hate me for saying this but i just LOVED what he did with natural born killers "
Filmography (Checked) (28 person items)"#01. Platoon (1986)
#02. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
#03. The Doors (1991)
#04. Wall Street (1987)
#05. Natural Born Killers (1994)
#06. Comandante (2003)
#07. Any Given Sunday (1999)"
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Directed by Oliver Stone (491 person items)"The Hand
Platoon
Wall Street
Born on the Fourth of July
The Doors
Any Given Sunday
Alexander
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"
The Best Directors of All Time (61 person items)"Born: September 15, 1946, New York City, New York, USA
First Film: Seizure (1974)
Best Film: Platoon (1986)
Worst Film: World Trade Center (2006)
Rating Average - Mine - 6,5
Rating Average - IMDb -
Academy Award for Best Director - Wins: 2 / Noms: 3
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Wins: 3 / Noms: 4
BAFTA Award for Best Direction - Wins: 1 / Noms: 1
Directors Guild of America - Wins: 2 / Noms: 3
Movies I've seen by Stone:
Platoon (1986)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
JFK (1991)
Worl"
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Directors: Movies they refused or didn't get. (20 person items)"American Psycho
Was attached to direct the film with Leonardo DiCaprio to star as Patrick Bateman. After DiCaprio left the project to make The Beach, he left it also.
American Gangster
Turned down the offer to direct the film in 2001, because he decided to work on Alexander."
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Most Represented Directors in My DVD Collection (56 person items)"12 Movies
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
Wall Street (1987)
Talk Radio (1988)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
The Doors (1991)
JFK (1991)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Nixon (1995)
U Turn (1997)
Any Given Sunday (1999)"
Director's Favorite Actors/Actresses (53 person items)"Tommy Lee Jones
JFK (1991)
Heaven and Earth (1993)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
James Woods
Salvador (1986)
Nixon (1995)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Willem Dafoe
Platoon (1986)
Born on The Fourth of July (1989)
Tom Berenger
Platoon (1986)
Born on The Fourth of July (1989)
Charlie Sheen
Platoon (1986)
Wall Street (1987)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Val Kilmer
The Doors (1991)
Alexander (2004)
Anthony Hopkins
Nixon (1995)
Alexander (2004)"
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