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{{short description|American filmmaker (born 1946)}}
{{for multi|the English cricketer|Olly Stone|the American portrait painter|William Oliver Stone}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Oliver Stone
| image              = Oliver Stone by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Stone in 2016
| birthname          = William Oliver Stone{{fact|date=November 2024}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|09|15}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.<!--Just New York City per the Manual of Style-->
| alma_mater         = [[Yale University]]<br/>[[New York University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| occupation         = {{hlist|Film director|screenwriter|producer|author}}
| years_active       = 1971–present
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Najwa Sarkis|1971|1977|end=div}}|{{marriage|Elizabeth Burkit Cox|1981|1993|end=div}}|{{marriage|Sun-jung Jung|1996}}}}
| children           = 3, including [[Sean Stone]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Oliver Stone|Full list]]
}}
'''William Oliver Stone''' (born {{birth date|mf=yes|1946|09|15}}) is an American filmmaker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oliverstone.com/books|title=The Oliver Stone Experience |website=The Official Oliver Stone website |access-date=December 15, 2017|archive-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215221137/http://www.oliverstone.com/books|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/pictures/the-10-best-oliver-stone-films-20120618|title=The 10 Best Oliver Stone Films|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 15, 2017|date=June 18, 2012|archive-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215221257/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/pictures/the-10-best-oliver-stone-films-20120618|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/oliver-stone-10-essential-films|title=Oliver Stone: 10 essential films|work=British Film Institute|access-date=December 15, 2017|archive-date=December 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220215938/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/oliver-stone-10-essential-films|url-status=live}}</ref> Stone is known as a controversial but acclaimed director, tackling subjects ranging from the [[Vietnam War]], and [[American politics]] to [[musical film|musical]] [[Biographical film|biopics]] and [[Crime film|crime dramas]]. He has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Oliver Stone|numerous accolades]] including three [[Academy Awards]], a [[BAFTA Award]], a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], and five [[Golden Globe Awards]].

Stone was born in [[New York City]] and later briefly attended [[Yale University]]. In 1967, Stone enlisted in the [[United States Army]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. He then served from 1967 to 1968 in the [[25th Infantry Division (United States)|25th Infantry Division]] and was twice wounded in action. For his service, he received military honors such as the [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] with [["V" Device]] for valor, the [[Purple Heart]] with [[Oak Leaf Cluster]], the [[National Defense Service Medal]], the [[Vietnam Service Medal]] with one Silver Service Star. His service in Vietnam would be the basis for his later career as a filmmaker in depicting the brutality of war.

Stone started his film career writing the screenplays for ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' (1978), for which he won the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]; ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' (1982); and ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' (1983). He then rose to prominence as writer and director of the [[Vietnam War]] [[Drama (film and television)|film dramas]] ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' (1986) and ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]'' (1989), receiving [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for both films, the former of which also won [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. He also directed ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]'' (1986), ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'' (1987) and its sequel ''[[Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps]]'' (2010), ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'' (1991), ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), ''[[Heaven & Earth (1993 film)|Heaven & Earth]]'' (1993), ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994), ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]'' (1995), ''[[Any Given Sunday]]'' (1999), ''[[W. (film)|W.]]'' (2008) and ''[[Snowden (film)|Snowden]]'' (2016).

Many of Stone's films focus on controversial American political issues during the late 20th century, and as such were considered contentious at the times of their releases. Stone has been [[criticism of American foreign policy|critical of American foreign policy]], which he considers to be driven by [[American nationalism|nationalist]] and [[American imperialism|imperialist]] agendas. He has approved of politicians [[Hugo Chávez]] and [[Vladimir Putin]], the latter of whom was the subject of ''[[The Putin Interviews]]'' (2017).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://movieweb.com/oliver-stone-known-for-vladimir-putin/ | title=Oliver Stone and Vladimir Putin's Unlikely Friendship, and the Controversy Behind It | date=December 21, 2022 }}</ref> Like his subject matter, Stone is a controversial figure in American filmmaking, with some critics accusing him of promoting [[conspiracy theories]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101830&page=1|title=Oliver Stone Draws Fire for 'Revolt' Theory|date=January 6, 2006|website=ABC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515204956/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101848&page=1|archive-date=May 15, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=February 15, 2019|quote=Conspiracy theorist/filmmaker Oliver Stone believes that the mediocrity of Hollywood movies, ...}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/oliver-stone-finds-in-snowden-a-real-government-conspiracy/|title=Oliver Stone finds in 'Snowden' a real government conspiracy|date=September 13, 2016|website=The Seattle Times|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217014941/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/oliver-stone-finds-in-snowden-a-real-government-conspiracy/|url-status=live|quote=Stone being the conspiracy theorist filmmaker of our time ...}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/in-snowden-oliver-stone-depicts-the-nsa-leaker-as-pure-hero/|title=In 'Snowden', Oliver Stone depicts the NSA leaker as pure hero|website=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=December 16, 2018|date=September 14, 2016|archive-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217014944/https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/in-snowden-oliver-stone-depicts-the-nsa-leaker-as-pure-hero/|url-status=live|quote=master filmmaker/agitator/conspiracy theorist/rebel Oliver Stone ...}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/10/wmovie200810|title=If You Liked 'Nixon'....|last=Purdum|first=Todd|website=The Hive|date=September 18, 2008|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815171514/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/10/wmovie200810|url-status=live|quote=the American cinema’s reigning conspiracy theorist, Stone ...}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/stephen-colbert-oliver-stone-putin-624893|title=Oliver Stone tells Stephen Colbert that Vladimir Putin has been 'insulted' and 'abused'|date=June 13, 2017|website=Newsweek|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217110531/https://www.newsweek.com/stephen-colbert-oliver-stone-putin-624893|url-status=live|quote= ... professional conspiracy theorist Oliver Stone}}</ref>

==Early life==
Stone was born in New York City, the son of a [[French people|French]] woman named Jacqueline (née Goddet)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnDDsL8Fd7M| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/xnDDsL8Fd7M| archive-date=October 29, 2021|title=Director Oliver Stone Tells Us Why America Is Not Exceptional|last=Greg Hengler|date=January 4, 2013|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and Louis Stone (born Louis Silverstein), a stockbroker.<ref>{{Cite news |title=washingtonpost.com: OLIVER STONE'S MOTHER LODE |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/foliverstone.htm |access-date=April 11, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> He grew up in [[Manhattan]] and [[Stamford, Connecticut]]. His parents met during [[World War II]], when his father was fighting as a part of the [[Allies of World War II|Allied force]] in France.<ref name="National Press Club">{{cite web|title=Biography: Oliver Stone on Filmmaking, Platoon, Vietnam, Nicaragua & El Salvador (1987)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWtSmsTCoQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/rEWtSmsTCoQ| archive-date=October 29, 2021|website=YouTube|publisher=National Press Club|access-date=March 21, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Stone's American-born father was [[Jews|Jewish]], whereas his French-born mother was [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]], both non-practicing.<ref>"Télématin" (France 2), September 28, 2010.</ref> Stone was raised in the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/people/ps/Oliver_Stone.html |title=The religion of director Oliver Stone |publisher=Adherents.com |access-date=September 30, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202151204/http://www.adherents.com/people/ps/Oliver_Stone.html |archive-date=December 2, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/foliverstone.htm |title=Oliver Stone's Mother Lode |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 11, 1997 |access-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327093630/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/foliverstone.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and now practices [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Timothy Rhys |title=Oliver Stone Unturned: The Natural Born Killers Director on War, Art, and Religion |work=[[MovieMaker]] |date=April 15, 1995 |access-date=January 4, 2023 |url=https://www.moviemaker.com/oliver-stone-natural-born-killers/|archive-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427191351/https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/moviemaking/directing/oliver-stone-natural-born-killers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Stone attended [[Trinity School (New York City)|Trinity School]] in New York City before his parents sent him away to [[The Hill School]], a [[college-preparatory]] school in [[Pottstown, Pennsylvania]]. His parents divorced abruptly while he was away at school (1962) and this, because he was an only child, marked him deeply. Stone's mother was often absent and his father made a big impact on his life—perhaps because of this, father-son relationships feature heavily in Stone's films.<ref name="cadwalladr">{{cite news|last=Cadwalladr|first=Carole|title=Oliver Stone and the politics of film-making|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/18/oliver-stone-chavez-wall-street|access-date=July 22, 2010|newspaper=The Observer|date=July 18, 2010|location=paragraphs 31 and 42|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116183712/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jul/18/oliver-stone-chavez-wall-street|url-status=live}}</ref>

He often spent parts of his summer vacations with his maternal grandparents in France, both in Paris and [[La Ferté-sous-Jouarre]] in Seine-et-Marne. Stone also worked at 17 in the Paris mercantile exchange in sugar and cocoa&nbsp;– a job that proved inspirational to Stone for his film ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]''. He speaks [[French language|French]] fluently.<ref>Galloway, Stephen. Oliver Stone: Less Crazy After All These Years. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' June 13, 2012. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-savages-336458] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810075308/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-savages-336458|date=August 10, 2020}} Accessed September 28, 2017</ref> Stone graduated from [[The Hill School]] in 1964.

Stone was admitted to [[Yale University]], but left in June 1965 at age 18<ref name="National Press Club"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2003/sep/19/famous-failures/ |work=[[Yale Daily News]] |title=Famous Failures |first=EMILY |last=ANTHES |date=September 19, 2003 |access-date=November 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022040940/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2003/sep/19/famous-failures/ |archive-date=October 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> to teach high school students English for six months in Saigon at the Free Pacific Institute in [[South Vietnam]].<ref name="military.com">{{cite web |last=Lin |first=Ho |url=http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veteran-oliver-stone.html |title=Famous Veterans: Oliver Stone |publisher=Military.com |date=September 16, 1967 |access-date=September 21, 2016 |archive-date=September 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920220557/http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veteran-oliver-stone.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Afterwards, he worked for a short while as a [[wiper (occupation)|wiper]] on a [[United States Merchant Marine]] ship in 1966, traveling from Asia to the US across the rough Pacific Ocean in January.<ref name="uctv">{{cite web |last1=Kreisler |first1=Harry |title=Conversations with history – a discussion with Oliver Stone (23 May 2016) |url=https://www.uctv.tv/shows/Movies-Politics-and-History-with-Oliver-Stone-Conversations-with-History-30881 |website=www.uctv.tv |publisher=UC TV, University of California, Berkeley |access-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113165658/https://www.uctv.tv/shows/Movies-Politics-and-History-with-Oliver-Stone-Conversations-with-History-30881 |url-status=live }}</ref> He returned to Yale, where he dropped out a second time (in part due to working on an autobiographical novel, "A Child's Night Dream," published in 1997 by [[St. Martin's Press]]).<ref>Famous Failures. ''Yale Daily News'' September 19, 2003. [http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2003/09/19/famous-failures/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928145843/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2003/09/19/famous-failures/|date=September 28, 2017}} accessed September 28, 2017</ref>

===U.S. Army===
In April 1967, Stone enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and requested [[Vietnam War|combat duty in Vietnam]]. From September 27, 1967, to February 23, 1968, he served in Vietnam with 2nd Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, [[25th Infantry Division (United States)|25th Infantry Division]] and was twice wounded in action.<ref name="NARA Release">{{cite web |title=NARA Release |url=https://imgur.com/a/Q7lEmk9 |website=Imgur |access-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref> He was then transferred to the [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Cavalry Division]] participating in [[long-range reconnaissance patrol]]s before being transferred again to drive for a motorized infantry unit of the division until November 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buffgrunt.com/library/stories/experience.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205225911/http://www.buffgrunt.com/library/stories/experience.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2011 |title=Library > Short Stories > Oliver Stone's Vietnam Experience |publisher=Buffgrunt |access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> For his service, his military awards include the [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] with [["V" Device]] for valor, the [[Purple Heart]] with [[Oak Leaf Cluster]] to denote two awards, the [[Air Medal]], the [[Army Commendation Medal]], [[Sharpshooter]] Badge with Rifle Bar, [[Marksman Badge]] with Auto Rifle Bar, the [[National Defense Service Medal]], the [[Vietnam Service Medal]] with one Silver Service Star, the [[Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross]] with Unit Citation with Palm, two [[Overseas Service Bars]], the [[Vietnam Campaign Medal]] and the [[Combat Infantryman Badge]].<ref name="NARA Release"/>

===Awards and honors===
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On July 4, 2024, Stone was awarded the rank of [[List of members of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Commander]] of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]], the highest civilian honor in France, for cultural contributions to both the country and the film industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IMAGO. |url=https://www.imago-images.com/st/0705985666 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=www.imago-images.com}}</ref> He was previously awarded the rank of Chevalier in 1992.

==Writing and directing career==

===1970s===
[[File:Oliver Stone 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Stone in February 1987]]
Stone graduated from [[New York University]] with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in [[filmmaking|film]] in 1971, where his teachers included director and fellow NYU alumnus [[Martin Scorsese]].<ref name=NYMag-10-2013>{{cite web|last=Seitz|first=Matt|title=Oliver Stone on New York in the Sixties and Seventies and Taking Film Classes With Martin Scorsese|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/10/oliver-stone-on-going-to-nyu-with-scorsese.html|work=Vulture|publisher=New York Magazine|access-date=October 29, 2013|date=October 28, 2013|archive-date=October 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031001434/http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/oliver-stone-on-going-to-nyu-with-scorsese.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, he had a small acting role in the comedy ''[[The Battle of Love's Return]]''.<ref>M.J. Simpson [http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/interviews/lloydkaufmana.html Interview with Lloyd Kaufman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621053248/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/interviews/lloydkaufmana.html |date=June 21, 2008 }}</ref> Stone made a short, well received 12-minute film ''Last Year in Viet Nam''. He worked as a taxi driver, film production assistant, messenger, and salesman before making his mark in film as a screenwriter in the late 1970s, in the period between his first two films as a director: horror films ''[[Seizure (film)|Seizure]]'' and ''[[The Hand (1981 film)|The Hand]]''.

In 1979, Stone was awarded his first Oscar, after adapting true-life prison story ''[[Midnight Express (book)|Midnight Express]]'' into the successful film [[Midnight Express (film)|of the same name]] for British director [[Alan Parker]] (the two men would later collaborate on the 1996 movie of stage musical ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''). The original author, [[Billy Hayes (writer)|Billy Hayes]], around whom the film is set, said the film's depiction of prison conditions was accurate. Hayes said that the "message of 'Midnight Express' isn't 'Don't go to Turkey. It's 'Don't be an idiot like I was, and try to smuggle drugs.' "<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/156011_midnightexpress.html |title=The real Billy Hayes regrets 'Midnight Express' cast all Turks in a bad light |publisher=Seattlepi.com |date=January 10, 2004 |access-date=August 13, 2010 |first1=John |last1=Flinn |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305165731/https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/The-real-Billy-Hayes-regrets-Midnight-Express-1134196.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Stone later apologized to Turkey for over-dramatizing the script, while standing by the film's stark depiction of the brutality of Turkish prisons.<ref>{{cite web |last=Krassner |first=Paul |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2005-01-06/news/oliver-stone-apologizes-to-turkey/ |title=Oliver Stone Apologizes to Turkey |publisher=Laweekly.com |date=January 6, 2005 |access-date=September 21, 2016 |archive-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726003309/http://www.laweekly.com/2005-01-06/news/oliver-stone-apologizes-to-turkey/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1980s===
Stone wrote further features, including [[Brian De Palma]]'s drug lord epic ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]],'' loosely inspired by his own addiction to [[cocaine]], which he successfully kicked while working on the screenplay.''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-total-film-interview-oliver-stone|title=The Total Film Interview&nbsp;– Oliver Stone|date=November 1, 2003|access-date=October 15, 2008|publisher=[[Total Film]]|archive-date=January 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104215433/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-total-film-interview-oliver-stone|url-status=live}}</ref>'' He also penned ''[[Year of the Dragon (film)|Year of the Dragon]]'' (co-written with [[Michael Cimino]]) featuring [[Mickey Rourke]], before his career took off as a writer-director in 1986. Like his contemporary Michael Mann, Stone is unusual in having written or co-written most of the films he has directed. In 1986, Stone directed two films back to back: the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]'', shot largely in Mexico, and his long in-development Vietnam project ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'', shot in the Philippines.

''Platoon'' brought Stone's name to a much wider audience. It also finally kickstarted a busy directing career, which saw him making nine films over the next decade. ''Platoon'' won many rave reviews ([[Roger Ebert]] later called it the ninth best film of the 1980s), large audiences, and Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. In 2007, a film industry vote ranked it at number 83 in an [[American Film Institute]] "[[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies]]" poll of the previous century's best American movies. British TV channel [[Channel 4]] voted ''Platoon'' as the sixth greatest war film ever made.<ref>{{cite web |title=Channel 4's 100 Greatest War Movies of All Time |url=http://www.thependragon.co.uk/Channel4WarFilms.htm |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930175058/http://www.thependragon.co.uk/Channel4WarFilms.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, ''Platoon'' was selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name="Chow">{{cite magazine |last=Chow |first=Andrew R. |date=December 11, 2019 |title=See the 25 New Additions to the National Film Registry, From Purple Rain to Clerks |url=https://time.com/5747503/national-film-registry-2019-additions/ |magazine=Time |location=New York, NY |access-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026041943/https://time.com/5747503/national-film-registry-2019-additions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Platoon'' was the first of three films Stone has made about the [[Vietnam War]]: the others were ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]'' and ''[[Heaven & Earth (1993 film)|Heaven & Earth]]'', each dealing with different aspects of the war. ''Platoon'' is a semi-autobiographical film about Stone's experience in combat; ''Born on the Fourth of July'' is based on the [[Born on the Fourth of July|autobiography]] of US Marine turned peace campaigner [[Ron Kovic]]; ''Heaven & Earth'' is based on the memoir ''[[When Heaven and Earth Changed Places]]'', in which [[Le Ly Hayslip]] recalls her life as a Vietnamese village girl drastically affected by the war and who finds another life in the USA.

Following the success of ''Platoon'', Stone directed another hit, 1987's ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'', starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas. Lead performer [[Michael Douglas]] received an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as a ruthless Wall Street corporate raider. After ''Wall Street'', he directed another movie the following year: ''[[Talk Radio (film)|Talk Radio]]'', based on [[Eric Bogosian]]'s Pulitzer-nominated play.

===1990s===
''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'', released in 1991, received criticism from former Doors keyboardist [[Ray Manzarek]] during a question-and-answer session at [[Indiana University East]] in 1997. During the discussion, Manzarek stated that he sat down with Stone about [[The Doors]] and [[Jim Morrison]] for over 12 hours. [[Patricia Kennealy-Morrison]]—a rock critic and author—was a consultant on the movie, in which she makes a cameo appearance, but she writes in her memoir ''Strange Days: My Life With and Without Jim Morrison'' (Dutton, 1992) that Stone ignored everything she told him and proceeded with his own version of events. From the moment the movie was released, she blasted it as untruthful and inaccurate.<ref>{{Cite news |title=She Slams 'Doors' on Portrayal |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=March 1991}}</ref> The other surviving former members of the band, [[John Densmore]] and [[Robby Krieger]], also cooperated with the filming of ''The Doors'', but Krieger distanced himself from the work before the film's release. However, Densmore thought highly of the film,<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Jim |last=Clash |date=January 25, 2015 |title=Doors Drummer John Densmore On Oliver Stone, Cream's Ginger Baker (Part 3) |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2015/01/25/doors-drummer-john-densmore-on-oliver-stone-creams-ginger-baker-part-3/amp/ |magazine=[[Forbes]] |access-date=May 21, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414030707/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2015/01/25/doors-drummer-john-densmore-on-oliver-stone-creams-ginger-baker-part-3/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and celebrated its DVD release on a panel with Oliver Stone.

During this same period, Stone directed one of his most ambitious, controversial and successful films: ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'', depicting the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]] on November 22, 1963. In 1991, Stone showed ''JFK'' to [[United States Congress|Congress]] on [[Capitol Hill]], which helped lead to passage of the Assassination Materials Disclosure Act<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SJ00282:@@@D&summ2=m& |title=Bill Summary & Status – 102nd Congress (1991–1992) – S.J.RES.282 – CRS Summary&nbsp;– THOMAS (Library of Congress) |publisher=Thomas.loc.gov |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127020834/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SJ00282:@@@D&summ2=m& |url-status=dead }}</ref> of 1992. The [[Assassination Records Review Board]] (created by Congress to lessen, but not end the secrecy surrounding Kennedy's assassination) discussed the film, including Stone's observation at the end of the film, about the dangers inherent in government secrecy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/sgp/advisory/arrb98/index.html |title=Final Report of the Assassination Records Review Board |publisher=Fas.org |date=May 30, 2008 |access-date=September 30, 2010 |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514004856/http://www.fas.org/sgp/advisory/arrb98/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Stone published an annotated version of the screenplay, in which he cites references for his claims, shortly after the film's release. He stated "I make my films like you're going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn."<ref>{{cite web |last=Petersen |first=Scott |url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648829/3/oliver_stone_natural_born_director.html |title=Oliver Stone: Natural Born Director |publisher=Craveonline.com |access-date=September 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011014931/http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648829/3/oliver_stone_natural_born_director.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In 1994, Stone directed ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'', a violent crime film intended to satirize the modern media. The film had originally been based on a [[Quentin Tarantino's unrealized projects#Tarantino's Natural Born Killers|screenplay]] by [[Quentin Tarantino]], but it underwent significant rewriting by Stone, [[:it:Richard Rutowski|Richard Rutowski]], and David Veloz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/natural-born-killers_shoot.html|title="Natural Born Killers", shooting draft, revised by Richard Rutowski & Oliver Stone|website=www.dailyscript.com|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806214524/http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/natural-born-killers_shoot.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Before it was released, the [[MPAA]] gave the film a NC-17 rating; this caused Stone to cut four minutes of film footage in order to obtain an R rating (he eventually released the unrated version on VHS and DVD in 2001). The film was the recipient of the Grand Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000681/1994/1/|title=Venice Film Festival (1994)|website=IMDb|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916214820/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000681/1994/1/|url-status=live}}</ref> that year. He appeared in a cameo as himself in the presidential comedy ''[[Dave (film)|Dave]]''.

Stone went on to direct the 1995 [[Richard Nixon]] biopic ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]'', which received multiple Oscar nominations for: the script, [[John Williams]]' score, [[Joan Allen]] as Pat Nixon, and [[Anthony Hopkins]]' portrait of the title role. Stone followed ''Nixon'' with the 1997 road movie/film noir, ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]'', then 1999's ''[[Any Given Sunday]]'', a film about power struggles within an [[American football]] team.

===2000s===
[[File:Oliver Stone and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.jpg|thumb|Stone and Argentina's President [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]], January 14, 2009]]
After a period spanning 13 years (1986 to 1999), where he released a new film every 1–2 years, Stone slowed his pace to 4 movies and 2 documentaries in the ensuing decade. First directing ''[[Alexander (2004 film)|Alexander]]'' in 2004, then World Trade Center in 2006, followed by W. in 2008, and finally South of the Border (Documentary) 2009.

Stone directed ''[[Alexander (2004 film)|Alexander]]''. He later re-edited his biographical film of [[Alexander the Great]] into a two-part, 3-hour 37-minute film ''Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut'', which became one of the highest-selling catalog items from Warner Bros.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=247524742023620&id=137199066350088 Alexander – Words from Oliver Stone: Thank you very much...] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20131012161110/https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=247524742023620&id=137199066350088 |date=October 12, 2013 }}. Facebook. Retrieved on May 22, 2014.</ref> He further refined the film and in 2014 released the two-part, 3-hour 26-minute ''Alexander: The Ultimate Cut''. After ''Alexander'', Stone went on to direct ''[[World Trade Center (film)|World Trade Center]]'', based on the true story of two [[Port Authority Police Department|PAPD]] policemen who were trapped in the rubble and survived the [[September 11 attacks]].

Stone wrote and directed the [[George W. Bush]] biopic ''[[W. (film)|W.]]'', chronicling the former president's: childhood, relationship with his father, struggles with alcoholism, rediscovery of his Christian faith, and continues the rest of his life up to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].

===2010s===
[[File:Oliver stone, Rino Barillari, The king of paparazzi.jpg|thumb|right|Oliver Stone with [[Rino Barillari]] in "Piazza dé Ricci" exit of the restaurant "Pierluigi" in Rome – September 25, 2012]]
In 2010, Stone returned to the theme of ''Wall Street'' for the sequel ''[[Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373159/ |title=Money Never Sleeps |work=[[IMDb]] |access-date=September 7, 2009 |archive-date=September 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915234141/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373159/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2012, Stone directed ''[[Savages (2012 film)|Savages]]'', based on a [[Savages (2010 novel)|novel]] by [[Don Winslow]].

[[File:Snowden cast by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|The cast of ''[[Snowden (film)|Snowden]]'' speaking at the 2016 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
In 2015, he was presented with an honorific award at the [[Sitges Film Festival]] for his film, ''[[Snowden (film)|Snowden]]'', starring [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] as whistleblower [[Edward Snowden]]. ''Snowden'' finished filming in May 2015 and was released on September 16, 2016. He received the 2017 Cinema for Peace Award for Justice for such film.

On May 22, 2017, various industry papers reported that Stone was going to direct a television series about the [[Guantanamo detention camp]].<ref name=HollywoodReporter2017-05-22/><ref name=MiamiHerald2017-05-22/><ref name=Deadline2017-05-22/><ref name=Variety2017-05-22/> [[Daniel Voll]] was credited with creating the series. [[Harvey Weinstein]]'s production company was reported as financing the series, with Stone scheduled to direct every episode of the first season{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}. However, Stone announced he would quit the series after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against Weinstein in October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-clarifies-comments-backs-guantanamo-tv-series-weinstein-involved-1048460|title=Oliver Stone Clarifies Comments, Backs Out of 'Guantanamo' TV Series If Weinstein Co. Involved|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 12, 2017|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416102206/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-clarifies-comments-backs-guantanamo-tv-series-weinstein-involved-1048460|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2020s===
In July 2020, Stone teamed with [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] to release his first memoir, titled ''Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game'', which chronicles his turbulent upbringing in New York City, volunteering for combat in Vietnam, and the trials and triumphs of moviemaking in the 1970s and '80s. The book, which ends on his Oscar-winning ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'', was praised by ''[[The New York Times]]'': "The Oliver Stone depicted in these pages — vulnerable, introspective, stubbornly tenacious and frequently heartbroken—may just be the most sympathetic character he's ever written... neatly sets the stage for the possibility of that rarest of Stone productions: a sequel."<ref>{{cite news|last=Svetkey|first=Benjamin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/books/review/oliver-stone-chasing-the-light.html|title=Oliver Stone's Reel History|work=The New York Times|date=July 20, 2020|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-date=December 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218113819/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/books/review/oliver-stone-chasing-the-light.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Documentaries==
[[File:Flickr - nicogenin - 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra) Hugo Chavez - Oliver Stone.jpg|thumb|Stone with Hugo Chávez at the [[Venice International Film Festival]], July 9, 2009, for the screening of ''South of the Border'']]
Stone made three documentaries on [[Fidel Castro]]: ''[[Comandante (2003 film)|Comandante]]'' (2003), ''[[Looking for Fidel]]'', and ''Castro in Winter'' (2012). He made ''[[Persona Non Grata (2003 film)|Persona Non Grata]]'', a documentary on Israeli-Palestinian relations, interviewing several notable figures of Israel, including [[Ehud Barak]], [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and [[Shimon Peres]], as well as [[Yasser Arafat]], leader of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].

In 2009, Stone completed a feature-length documentary, ''[[South of the Border (2009 film)|South of the Border]]'' about the rise of leftist governments in Latin America, featuring seven presidents: [[Hugo Chávez]] of Venezuela, Bolivia's [[Evo Morales]], Ecuador's [[Rafael Correa]], Cuba's [[Raúl Castro]], the [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Kirchners]] of Argentina, Brazil's [[Lula da Silva]], and Paraguay's [[Fernando Lugo]], all of whom are critical of US foreign policy in South America. Stone hoped the film would get the rest of the Western world to rethink socialist policies in South America, particularly as it was being applied by Venezuela's Hugo Chávez. Chávez joined Stone for the premiere of the documentary at the [[Venice International Film Festival]] in September 2009.<ref>
{{cite news
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}}</ref> Stone defended his decision not to interview Chávez's opponents, stating that oppositional statements and TV clips were scattered through the documentary and that the documentary was an attempt to right a balance of heavily negative coverage. He praised Chávez as a leader of the [[Bolivarian Revolution]], a movement for social transformation in Latin America, and also praised the six other presidents in the film. The documentary was also released in several cities in the United States and Europe in the mid-2010.<ref name="chavezstone">[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i01kwRMeMjF3BBfsv1lSiLoWNXMgD9G08FL02 Stone: Film an intro to Chávez and his movement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601071730/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i01kwRMeMjF3BBfsv1lSiLoWNXMgD9G08FL02 |date=June 1, 2010 }}, by Ian James, Associated Press, May 29, 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news
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In 2012, the documentary miniseries ''[[The Untold History of the United States|Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States]]'' premiered on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], Stone co-wrote, directed, produced, and narrated the series, having worked on it since 2008 with co-writers [[American University]] historian [[Peter J. Kuznick]] and British screenwriter [[Matt Graham (screenwriter)|Matt Graham]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lowry |first=Brian |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117948726 |title=Review: 'Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215042502/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117948726 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 10-part series is supplemented by a 750-page companion book of the same name, also written by Stone and Kuznick, published on October 30, 2012, by [[Simon & Schuster]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.simonandschuster.com/TitleDetails/TitleDetails.aspx?cid=1303&pn=1&isbn=9781451613513&FilterBy=&FilterVal=&FilterByName=&ob=0&ed=&showcart=N&camefrom=&find=&a= |title=Digital Catalog&nbsp;– The Untold History of the United States |publisher=Catalog.simonandschuster.com |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602033232/https://catalog.simonandschuster.com/TitleDetails/TitleDetails.aspx?cid=1303&pn=1&isbn=9781451613513&FilterBy=&FilterVal=&FilterByName=&ob=0&ed=&showcart=N&camefrom=&find=&a= |url-status=live }}</ref> Stone described the project as "the most ambitious thing I've ever done. Certainly in documentary form, and perhaps in fiction, feature form."<ref>Ed Rampell [https://archive.today/20120707025804/http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/149582/ "Q&A: Oliver Stone on Israel, Palestine and Newt Gingrich"], "The Jewish Daily Forward", January 15, 2012</ref> The project received positive reviews from former Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]],<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.simonandschuster.com/Untold-History-of-the-United-States/Peter-Kuznick/9781451613513 |title=Gorbachev on ''Untold History'', October 2012 |publisher=Books.simonandschuster.com |date=October 15, 2013 |isbn=9781451616446 |access-date=September 21, 2016 |archive-date=September 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922190856/http://books.simonandschuster.com/Untold-History-of-the-United-States/Peter-Kuznick/9781451613513 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' journalist [[Glenn Greenwald]],<ref>Glenn Greenwald [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/30/obama-first-term-racism-charges "Various Items: Oliver Stone is releasing a new book"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317055411/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/30/obama-first-term-racism-charges |date=March 17, 2017 }} ''The Guardian''. October 30, 2012</ref> and reviewers from [[IndieWire]],<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/article/television/oliver-stones-untold-history-of-the-united-states, "Oliver Stone Premieres His Daring New Showtime Series 'Untold History of the United States' in New York."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109201136/https://www.indiewire.com/2012/10/oliver-stone-premieres-his-daring-new-showtime-series-untold-history-of-the-united-states-in-new-york-44378/ |date=January 9, 2022 }}, Indiewire, October 8, 2012</ref> ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'',<ref>{{cite news |author=David Wiegand |url=http://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/The-Untold-History-review-Oliver-Stone-4020671.php |title='The Untold History' review: Oliver Stone |publisher=SFGate |date=November 8, 2012 |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-date=December 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201030516/http://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/The-Untold-History-review-Oliver-Stone-4020671.php |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Newsday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/oliver-stone-s-untold-history-review-1.4206778 |title='Oliver Stone's Untold History' review |date=November 11, 2012 |publisher=Newsday.com |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-date=November 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107004338/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/oliver-stone-s-untold-history-review-1.4206778 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hudson Institute]] adjunct [[Research fellow|fellow]] historian [[Ronald Radosh]] accused the series of [[Historical revisionism (negationism)|historical revisionism]],<ref>{{cite web | author=Ronald Radosh | url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/story-told_660176.html?nopager=1 | title=A Story Told Before: Oliver Stone's recycled leftist history of the United States | publisher=The Weekly Standard | date=November 12, 2012 | access-date=November 4, 2012 | author-link=Ronald Radosh | archive-date=November 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105183947/http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/story-told_660176.html?nopager=1 | url-status=dead }}</ref> while journalist [[Michael C. Moynihan]] accused the book of "[[moral equivalence]]" and said nothing within the book was "untold" previously.<ref>{{cite news | author=Michael C. Moynihan | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/19/oliver-stone-s-junk-history-of-the-united-states-debunked.html | title=Oliver Stone's Junk History of the United States Debunked | newspaper=The Daily Beast | date=November 19, 2012 | access-date=December 4, 2012 | author-link=Michael C. Moynihan | archive-date=December 4, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204133825/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/19/oliver-stone-s-junk-history-of-the-united-states-debunked.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Stone defended the program's accuracy to TV host [[Tavis Smiley]] by saying: "This has been fact checked by corporate fact checkers, by our own fact checkers, and fact checkers [hired] by [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. It's been thoroughly vetted ... these are facts, our interpretation may be different than orthodox, but it definitely holds up."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://video.pbs.org/video/2301008369/ |title=Video: Oliver Stone & Peter Kuznick, Part 1 &#124; Watch Tavis Smiley Online &#124; PBS Video |publisher=Video.pbs.org |date=September 13, 2011 |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107102330/http://video.pbs.org/video/2301008369 |archive-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A review of ''Untold History'' at ''[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]'' by filmmaker [[Robert Orlando]] said there were "two flawed assumptions that underlie their master theory. First is the notion that the central conflict of the 20th century can be laid at the feet of a right-wing military conspiracy... Stone's second flawed assumption in ''Untold History'' is that capitalism coordinated the military-industrial complex's agenda."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-orlando/untold-or-retold-history_b_5835232.html|title=Untold (or Retold?) History : Oliver Stone's Showtime Series|last=Orlando|first=Robert|date=September 17, 2014|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710212257/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-orlando/untold-or-retold-history_b_5835232.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Amidst other criticisms of Stone's documentary series and accompanying book ''The Untold History of the United States'', ''[[The Daily Beast|Daily Beast]]'' contributor [[Michael C. Moynihan]] accused him of using untrustworthy sources, such as [[Victor Marchetti]], whom Moynihan described as an antisemitic conspiracy theorist published in [[Holocaust denial]] journals. Moynihan wrote that: "There are hints at dark forces throughout the book: business interests controlled by the Bush family that were (supposedly) linked to Nazi Germany, a dissenting officer in the CIA found murdered after disagreeing with a cabal of powerful neoconservatives, suggestions that CIA director Allen Dulles was a Nazi sympathizer."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/19/oliver-stone-s-junk-history-of-the-united-states-debunked|title=Oliver Stone's Junk History of the United States Debunked|last=Moynihan|first=Michael|date=November 19, 2012|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109201146/https://www.thedailybeast.com/oliver-stones-junk-history-of-the-united-states-debunked|url-status=live}}</ref>

Stone was interviewed in [[Boris Malagurski]]'s documentary film ''[[The Weight of Chains 2]]'' (2014), which deals with [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] reforms in the [[Balkans]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Kultura/Sta-je-sokiralo-Karlu-del-Ponte.lt.html |title=Politika.rs |publisher=Politika.rs |date=January 28, 2015 |access-date=September 21, 2016 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131558/http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Kultura/Sta-je-sokiralo-Karlu-del-Ponte.lt.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On March 5, 2014, Stone and [[teleSUR]] premiered the documentary film ''[[Mi amigo Hugo]]'' (''My Friend Hugo''), a documentary about Venezuela's late president, Hugo Chávez, one year after his death. The film was described by Stone as a "spiritual answer" and tribute to Chávez.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcwGp0yn9nk | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/gcwGp0yn9nk| archive-date=October 29, 2021|title="''Mi Amigo Hugo''" Trailer |publisher=You Tube |date=February 28, 2014 |access-date=March 5, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At the end of 2014 according to a [[Facebook]] post Stone said he had been in Moscow to interview (former Ukrainian president) [[Viktor Yanukovych]], for a "new English language documentary produced by Ukrainians".

Two years later in 2016, Stone was executive producer for [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]]-born director [[Igor Lopatonok]]'s film ''[[Ukraine on Fire (2016 film)|Ukraine on Fire]]'', interviewing pro-Russian figures surrounding the [[Revolution of Dignity]] such as [[Victor Yanukovich|Viktor Yanukovich]] and [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name="DW 2016">{{cite web |last=Sanders |first=Lewis |date=22 November 2016 |title=Putin's celebrity circle |url=https://www.dw.com/en/putins-circle-of-celebrities-enable-his-policies/a-36485028 |access-date=29 March 2023 |website=dw.com}}</ref> The film was regarded by critics as presenting a "Kremlin-friendly version" of the 2014 [[Revolution of Dignity|Maidan Revolution]] in Kyiv.<ref name="Kozlov 2016">{{cite web |last=Kozlov |first=Vladimir |date=23 November 2016 |title=Oliver Stone-Produced Ukraine Doc Causes Stir in Russia, TV Network Ramps up Security Amid Threats |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oliver-stone-produced-ukraine-doc-causes-stir-russia-tv-network-ramps-up-security-threats-95013-950132/ |access-date=29 March 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> It was also criticized for advancing the Russian narrative about the revolution.<ref name="(Vlast.kz) (OCCRP) 2022">{{cite web |last1=(Vlast.kz) |first1=Vyacheslav Abramov |last2=(OCCRP) |first2=Ilya Lozovsky |date=10 October 2022 |title=Oliver Stone Documentary About Kazakhstan's Former Leader Nazarbayev Was Funded by a Nazarbayev Foundation |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/sidebar/oliver-stone-documentary-about-kazakhstans-former-leader-nazarbayev-was-funded-by-a-nazarbayev-foundation |access-date=29 March 2023 |website=OCCRP}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Karatnycky |first=Adrian |date=2024-10-16 |title=The Stubborn Legend of a Western 'Coup' in Ukraine |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/04/ukraine-maidan-revolution-russia-coup-myth-yanukovych/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref>

Stone's series of interviews with Russian president Putin over the span of two years was released as ''[[The Putin Interviews]]'', a four-night television event on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] on June 12, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oliver Stone's Four-Hour Interview With Vladimir Putin to Premiere on Showtime|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/05/01/oliver_stone_s_interview_documentary_with_vladimir_putin_to_premiere_on.html|access-date=May 1, 2017|archive-date=May 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501224356/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/05/01/oliver_stone_s_interview_documentary_with_vladimir_putin_to_premiere_on.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 13, Stone and Professor [[Stephen F. Cohen]] joined [[John Batchelor]] in New York to record an hour of commentary on ''The Putin Interviews''.{{cn|date=March 2023}} In 2019, he released ''Revealing Ukraine'', another film produced by Stone, directed by Lopatonok and featuring Stone interviewing Putin.<ref name="Sharf 2019">{{cite web | last=Sharf | first=Zack | title=Oliver Stone Says He's Not Homophobic After Calling Russia's Anti-Gay Law 'Sensible' | website=Yahoo Entertainment | date=26 July 2019 | url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/oliver-stone-says-not-homophobic-151653317.html | access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref> During these interviews, Putin made an unproven claim about Georgian snipers being responsible for the February 20 killings of protesters during the Euromaidan demonstrations, a hypothesis Stone himself had earlier supported on Twitter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Echols |first1=William |last2=Yarst |first2=Nik |date=2019-07-15 |title=Vladimir Putin Speaks with Oliver Stone: New Interview – Old False Claims |url=https://www.polygraph.info/a/putin-oliver-stone-film/30052745.html |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=[[Polygraph.info]]}}</ref>

In June 2021, Stone's documentary ''[[JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass]]'' was selected to be shown in the Cannes Premiere section at the [[2021 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/2021-cannes-film-festival-lineup-1234641655/ |title=Cannes Film Festival 2021 Lineup: Sean Baker, Wes Anderson, and More Compete for Palme d'Or |work=IndieWire |access-date=June 6, 2021 |archive-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707202615/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/06/2021-cannes-film-festival-lineup-1234641655/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021, he also produced and featured in ''Qazaq: History of the Golden Man'', directed by Lopatonok, an eight-hour film consisting of Stone interviewing Kazakh politician and former leader [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]. The movie has been criticized for its non-confrontational approach in the interview and, because no opposition members were interviewed, according to some critics this resulted in a promotion of the authoritarian rule and cult of personality of Nazarbayev.<ref name="Roth 2021">{{cite web|title=Oliver Stone derided for film about 'modest' former Kazakh president|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/11/oliver-stone-film-ex-kazakhstan-president-nursultan-nazabayev|date=July 11, 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804081143/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/11/oliver-stone-film-ex-kazakhstan-president-nursultan-nazabayev|url-status=live|access-date=August 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Assel|last1=Aushakimova|access-date=August 18, 2021|title=Oliver Stone's lavish Nazarbayev documentary is just the latest blow to independent Kazakhstani filmmakers|url=https://www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/12958/oliver-stone-qazaq-legend-of-the-golden-man-kazakhstan-nursultan-nazarbayev|website=The Calvert Journal|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818200502/https://www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/12958/oliver-stone-qazaq-legend-of-the-golden-man-kazakhstan-nursultan-nazarbayev|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received at least $5 million funding from Nazarbayev's own charitable foundation, [[Elbasy]], via the country's State Center for Support of National Cinema, according to the [[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project]]. Stone and Lopatonok had denied any Kazakhstani government involvement.<ref name="Roth 2021" /><ref name="Blistein 2022">{{cite magazine | last=Blistein | first=Jon | title=You'll Never Guess Where Oliver Stone Allegedly Got $5 Million to Make His Glowing Doc About Kazakhstan's Ex-Authoritarian Ruler | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=12 October 2022 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/oliver-stone-kazakhstan-president-documentary-funding-1234608898/ | access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="OCCRP 2022">{{cite web | last1=(Vlast.kz) | first1=Vyacheslav Abramov | last2=(OCCRP) | first2=Ilya Lozovsky | title=Oliver Stone Documentary About Kazakhstan's Former Leader Nazarbayev Was Funded by a Nazarbayev Foundation | website=OCCRP | date=10 October 2022 | url=https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/sidebar/oliver-stone-documentary-about-kazakhstans-former-leader-nazarbayev-was-funded-by-a-nazarbayev-foundation | access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref> According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', "What little attention ''Qazaq'' did receive was largely negative, with critics decrying the film for its glowing depiction of Nazarbayev."<ref name="Blistein 2022"/>

In 2022, Stone directed and co-wrote ''[[Nuclear Now]]'', a [[climate change]] documentary based on the book ''A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow'' written by the US scientists [[Joshua S. Goldstein]] and Staffan A. Qvist. The movie argues that [[Nuclear power|nuclear energy]] is needed to fight climate change, as [[Renewable energy|renewables]] alone will not be sufficient for the planet to obtain [[Net zero emissions|carbon neutrality]] before climate change becomes irreversible. Of the film, Stone stated, "People worry about nuclear waste and meanwhile the whole world is choking on fossil fuel waste. That’s silly. Trillions of dollars have been invested in solar and wind and hydropower. Everything possible is being discussed, except for nuclear... It ''has'' to be on the agenda."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dinneen |first=Steve |date=2023-06-22 |title=Oliver Stone on Putin, nuclear power and feeling like an outsider |url=https://www.cityam.com/oliver-stone-on-vladimir-putin-nuclear-power-and-being-an-outsider/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=CityAM |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

==Other work==
On September 15, 2008, Stone was named the artistic director of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Asia in Singapore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tischasia.nyu.edu.sg/object/TANEWSOliverStone.html |title=Oliver Stone Named Artistic Director |publisher=tischasia.nyu.edu.sg |access-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817195110/http://www.tischasia.nyu.edu.sg/object/TANEWSOliverStone.html |archive-date=August 17, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Stone contributed a chapter to the 2012 book ''Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK'' by [[Mark Lane (author)|Mark Lane]] and published by [[Skyhorse Publishing]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lastwordmyindict0000lane|url-access=registration|title=Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK|last=Lane|first=Mark|date=November 2012|publisher=Skyhorse|isbn=9781620870709}}</ref> Skyhorse has published numerous other books with forewords or an introduction by Stone,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/search-results/?keyword=Oliver+Stone|title=Search Results|website=Skyhorse Publishing|access-date=February 17, 2019|archive-date=February 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218021410/https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/search-results/?keyword=Oliver+Stone|url-status=live}}</ref> namely ''The JFK Assassination'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JGmCDwAAQBAJ&q=James+DiEugenio|title=The JFK Assassination|last=DiEugenio|first=James|date=May 1, 2018|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781510739840|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109201141/https://books.google.com/books?id=JGmCDwAAQBAJ&q=James+DiEugenio|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Reclaiming Parkland: Tom Hanks, Vincent Bugliosi, and the JFK Assassination in the New Hollywood'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNaLDAAAQBAJ&q=Di+Eugenio|title=Reclaiming Parkland: Tom Hanks, Vincent Bugliosi, and the JFK Assassination in the New Hollywood|last=DiEugenio|first=James|date=September 20, 2016|publisher=Skyhorse|isbn=9781510707771}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US is orchestrating a coup for oil'', ''Snowden:The Official Motion Picture Edition'', ''The Putin Interviews'' and ''[[JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pl-bF0P3x_AC&q=L.+Fletcher+Prouty|title=JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy|last=Prouty|first=L. Fletcher|author-link=L. Fletcher Prouty|date=April 2011|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing Inc.|isbn=9781616082918|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109201151/https://books.google.com/books?id=Pl-bF0P3x_AC&q=L.+Fletcher+Prouty|url-status=live}}</ref> which features a quote from Stone on the newest edition's cover: "Blows the lid right off our 'Official History.{{'"}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781616082918/jfk|title=JFK|website=Skyhorse Publishing|access-date=February 17, 2019|archive-date=February 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218141838/https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781616082918/jfk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, he appeared in ''[[Theaters of War]]'', discussing the role of the military in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/may/26/top-gun-for-hire-why-hollywood-is-the-us-militarys-best-wingman | title=Top Gun for hire: Why Hollywood is the US military's best wingman | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=May 26, 2022 }}</ref>

== Directorial style ==
Many of Stone's films focus on controversial American political issues during the late 20th century, and as such were considered contentious at the times of their releases. They often combine different camera and film formats within a single scene, as demonstrated in ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' (1994) and ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite book|author=James Riordan|date=September 1996|title=Stone: A Biography of Oliver Stone|page=377 |publisher=New York: Aurum Press|isbn= 1-85410-444-6}}</ref>

== Influences ==
Stone listed Greek-French director [[Costa-Gavras]] as an early significant influence on his films. Stone mentioned that he "was certainly one of my earliest role models,...I was a film student at NYU when ''[[Z (1969 film)|Z]]'' came out, which we studied. Costa actually came over with [[Yves Montand]] for a screening and was such a hero to us. He was in the tradition of [[Gillo Pontecorvo]]'s ''[[The Battle of Algiers]]'' and was the man in that moment... it was a European moment."<ref>{{cite web|last=Major|first=Wade|title=World Class |url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/0903-Fall-2009/Profile-Costa-Gavras.aspx |website=DGA |publisher=Directors Guild of America |access-date=15 October 2021 |date=Fall 2009}}</ref>

==Personal life==
===Family===
[[File:Oliver Stone and his wife in Closing ceremony of the 2018 Fajr International Film Festival 09 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Oliver Stone and his wife Sun-jung Jung at the 2018 [[Fajr International Film Festival]] in [[Tehran]]]]
Stone has been married three times, first to Najwa Sarkis on May 22, 1971. They divorced in 1977. He then married Elizabeth Burkit Cox, an assistant in film production, on June 7, 1981.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZSG19XFvwIC&q=%22OLIVER+STONE%22+ELIZABETH&pg=PR8 |title=Oliver Stone: Interviews&nbsp;— Oliver Stone, Charles L. P. Silet&nbsp;— Google Books |access-date=December 12, 2012 |isbn=9781578063031 |last1=Stone |first1=Oliver |year=2001 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115171332/https://books.google.com/books?id=AZSG19XFvwIC&q=%22OLIVER+STONE%22+ELIZABETH&pg=PR8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZ4UuQ5N_SEC&q=%22Elizabeth+Burkit+Cox+an+assistant+in%22+production |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television&nbsp;– Monica M. O'Donnell&nbsp;– Google Books |access-date=December 12, 2012 |isbn=9780810320642 |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Monica M. |year=1984 |archive-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109201138/https://books.google.com/books?id=rZ4UuQ5N_SEC&q=%22Elizabeth+Burkit+Cox+an+assistant+in%22+production |url-status=live }}</ref> They had two sons, [[Sean Stone]]/Ali (b. 1984) and Michael Jack (b. 1991). Sean appeared in some of his father's films while a child. Sean Stone has worked for the Russia state media company [[RT America]] since 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gray|first=Rosie|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/jesse-venturas-son-and-oliver-stones-get-a-show-at-russia-to|title=Jesse Ventura's Son And Oliver Stone's Son Get A Show At Russia Today|work=BuzzFeed News|date=March 9, 2015|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412012301/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/jesse-venturas-son-and-oliver-stones-get-a-show-at-russia-to|url-status=live}}</ref> Oliver and Elizabeth divorced in 1993. Stone is now married to Sun-jung Jung from South Korea, and the couple have a daughter, Tara (b. 1995).<ref>[http://www.life.com/image/99379737 "63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival – 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps' Premiere"]. ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' May 14, 2010  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610214007/http://www.life.com/image/99379737 |date=June 10, 2011 }}</ref> Stone and Sun-jung live in Los Angeles.<ref>(Winter 2017). "In His Words: Director Oliver Stone", ''Stand'', [[American Civil Liberties Union]] p. 31.</ref>

===Religion and humanism===
Stone is mentioned in [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning American author [[Lawrence Wright]]'s book ''[[Going Clear (book)|Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief]]'' as having been a member of [[Scientology]] for about a month, saying "It was like going to college and reading [[Dale Carnegie]], something you do to find yourself."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/01/nine-celebrity-morsels-lawrences-wrights-scientology-book/61122/ |title=Nine Celebrity Morsels from Lawrence's Wright's Scientology Book |publisher=Theatlanticwire.com |date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2016 |archive-date=September 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919075209/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/01/nine-celebrity-morsels-lawrences-wrights-scientology-book/61122/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1997, Stone was one of 34 celebrities to sign an open letter to then-[[Chancellor of Germany|German Chancellor]] [[Helmut Kohl]], published as a newspaper advertisement in the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', which protested against the treatment of [[Scientology in Germany|Scientologists in Germany]] and compared it to the [[Nazi]]s' oppression of [[Jew]]s in the 1930s.<ref name=Droz>Drozdiak, William (January 14, 1997). [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/10844567.html?dids=10844567:10844567&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+14%2C+1997&author=William+Drozdiak&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=U.S.+Celebrities+Defend+Scientology+in+Germany&pqatl=google U.S. Celebrities Defend Scientology in Germany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724145939/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/10844567.html?dids=10844567:10844567&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+14%2C+1997&author=William+Drozdiak&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=U.S.+Celebrities+Defend+Scientology+in+Germany&pqatl=google |date=July 24, 2013 }}, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', p. A11</ref> In 2003, Stone was a signatory of the third [[Humanism and Its Aspirations|Humanist Manifesto]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanhumanist.org/Humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_III/Notable_Signers |title=Notable Signers |publisher=American Humanist Association |work=Humanism and Its Aspirations |access-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005105825/http://www.americanhumanist.org/Humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_III/Notable_Signers |archive-date=October 5, 2012 }}</ref>

===Legal issues===
In 1999, Stone was arrested and [[plea]]ded guilty to alcohol and drug charges. He was ordered into a [[Drug rehabilitation|rehabilitation program]]. He was arrested again on the night of May 27, 2005, in Los Angeles for possession of an undisclosed illegal drug.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/28/stone.arrest/index.html|title=Director Oliver Stone arrested|publisher=[[CNN News]]|date=May 28, 2005|access-date=October 15, 2008|archive-date=October 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010220223/http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/28/stone.arrest/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Director Oliver Stone arrested">{{cite news|title=Director Oliver Stone arrested|date=May 28, 2005|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2005-05-28/entertainment/stone.arrest_1_drug-charges-stone-s-mercedes-director-oliver-stone?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|work=CNN|access-date=October 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813111131/http://articles.cnn.com/2005-05-28/entertainment/stone.arrest_1_drug-charges-stone-s-mercedes-director-oliver-stone?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|archive-date=August 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was released the next day on a $15,000 bond.<ref name="Director Oliver Stone arrested"/> In August 2005, Stone pleaded [[no contest]] and was fined $100.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oliver Stone enters plea in pot charge|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-08-11-stone-plea_x.htm|work=USA Today|date=August 11, 2005|access-date=September 7, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109201138/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-08-11-stone-plea_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sexual harassment allegations===
In 2017, former ''[[Playboy]]'' [[List of Playboy models|model]] [[Carrie Stevens]] alleged that in 1991, Stone had "walked past me and grabbed my boob as he waltzed out the front door of a party."<ref name=sexstone>Maane Khatchatourian, [https://variety.com/2017/film/news/oliver-stone-groping-playboy-model-1202589178/ Oliver Stone Accused of Groping Former Playboy Model in '90s] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212193849/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/oliver-stone-groping-playboy-model-1202589178/ |date=December 12, 2017 }}, ''Variety'' (October 13, 2017).</ref>

The allegation Stevens made surfaced after Stone announced he would no longer direct [[The Weinstein Company]]'s television series ''[[Guantanamo (TV series)|Guantanamo]]'' following the revelation of the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct allegations]].<ref name=sexstone /> Stone also drew criticism for his comments on [[Harvey Weinstein]] himself, saying:

<blockquote>I'm a believer that you wait until this thing gets to trial. I believe a man shouldn't be condemned by a vigilante system. It's not easy what he's going through, either. During that period he was a rival. I never did business with him and didn't really know him. I've heard horror stories on everyone in the business, so I'm not going to comment on gossip. I'll wait and see, which is the right thing to do.<ref name=brzeski>{{cite magazine|first=Patrick|last=Brzeski|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-harvey-weinstein-not-easy-what-hes-going-1048425|title=Oliver Stone on Harvey Weinstein: 'It's Not Easy What He's Going Through'|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416102203/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-harvey-weinstein-not-easy-what-hes-going-1048425 |archive-date=April 16, 2020 }}</ref></blockquote>

Later that day, however, he withdrew his remarks, saying that he had been unaware of the extent of the allegations due to his travel schedule. "After looking at what has been reported in many publications over the last couple of days, I'm appalled and commend the courage of the women who've stepped forward to report sexual abuse or rape," he said.<ref name=brzeski/>

[[Melissa Gilbert]] accused Stone of "sexual harassment" during an audition for ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'' in 1991. She alleged that Stone told her to get on her hands and knees and say, "Do me baby". Gilbert reportedly refused and left the audition in tears, calling it humiliating. Stone released a statement denying the accusation. The film's casting director, Risa Bramon Garcia, contradicted her story as well, saying, "No actor was forced or expected to do anything that might have been uncomfortable, and most actors embraced the challenge".<ref>{{cite news|first=Clarisse |last=Loughrey|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oliver-stone-sexual-harassment-melissa-gilbert-andy-cohen-the-doors-audition-a8066936.html|title= Oliver Stone accused of sexual harassment by Melissa Gilbert|website= [[The Independent]]|date=November 21, 2017|access-date= December 29, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171202052706/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oliver-stone-sexual-harassment-melissa-gilbert-andy-cohen-the-doors-audition-a8066936.html|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cooney|first=Samantha|url=http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/|title=Here Are All the Public Figures Who've Been Accused of Sexual Misconduct After Harvey Weinstein|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207030559/http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political views==
[[File:Alexis Tsipras, Oliver Stone, Slavoj Zizek (8752107280).jpg|thumb|Stone (right) with Slovenian philosopher [[Slavoj Žižek]] (left) and Greek politician [[Alexis Tsipras]] (center) in 2013]]
Stone has been described as having [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] political views.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tayler|first1=Jeffrey|title=Oliver Stone's Disgraceful Tribute to Hugo Chávez|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/05/13/oliver-stones-disgraceful-tribute-to-hugo-chavez/|access-date=June 8, 2017|work=[[Foreign Policy]]|date=May 13, 2014|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614214711/http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/05/13/oliver-stones-disgraceful-tribute-to-hugo-chavez/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=April 4, 2015|title=Oliver Stone gets award at Croatian leftist film festival|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/city-times/oliver-stone-gets-award-at-croatian-leftist-film-festival|access-date=September 15, 2024|work=[[Khaleej Times]]|agency=Agence France-Presse}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Oliver Stone's son in Iran to "prepare" documentary|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-movie-stone-idUSTRE78547R20110906|access-date=June 8, 2017|work=[[Reuters]]|date=September 6, 2011|archive-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325171330/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-movie-stone-idUSTRE78547R20110906|url-status=live}}</ref> He has also drawn attention for his opinions on controversial world leaders such as [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Hugo Chávez]] and [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name="NEWS2017">{{cite news|last1=Nazaryan|first1=Alexander|title=Oliver Stone defends Vladimir Putin against Megyn Kelly|url=http://www.newsweek.com/oliver-stone-insults-megyn-kelly-fawns-over-putin-622789|access-date=June 8, 2017|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=June 8, 2017|archive-date=June 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608074817/http://www.newsweek.com/oliver-stone-insults-megyn-kelly-fawns-over-putin-622789|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wilson|first1=Greg|title=Oliver Stone: Hitler and Stalin Weren't So Bad|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/celebrity/Oliver-Stone-Hitler-and-Stalin-Werent-So-Bad-99228899.html?amp=y|access-date=June 8, 2017|work=[[WMAQ-TV|NBC Chicago]]|archive-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615170922/http://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/celebrity/Oliver-Stone-Hitler-and-Stalin-Werent-So-Bad-99228899.html?amp=y|url-status=live}}</ref> In Showtime's ''The Putin Interviews'', Stone called Joseph Stalin "the most famous villain in history, next to Adolf [Hitler]", who "left a horrible reputation, and stained the [Communist] ideology forever ... it's mixed with blood, and terror."<ref>''[[The Putin Interviews]]'', Episode 4.</ref> Stone has endorsed the works of author and [[United States foreign policy]] critic [[William Blum]], saying that his books should be taught in schools and universities.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://therealnews.com/oliver-stone-remembers-anti-imperialist-journalist-william-blum-chronicler-of-cia-crimes|title = Oliver Stone Remembers Anti-Imperialist Journalist William Blum, Chronicler of CIA Crimes|date = December 14, 2018|access-date = November 26, 2020|archive-date = November 29, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129123823/https://therealnews.com/oliver-stone-remembers-anti-imperialist-journalist-william-blum-chronicler-of-cia-crimes|url-status = live}}</ref>

===U.S. presidential politics===
Stone served as a delegate for [[Jerry Brown]]'s campaign in the [[1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/14/news/democrats-in-new-york-garden-diary-brown-in-gotham-city-the-penguin-returns.html|title=DEMOCRATS IN NEW YORK – GARDEN DIARY; Brown in Gotham City: The 'Penguin' Returns|work=[[The New York Times]]|author1=[[Maureen Dowd]]|author2=[[Frank Rich]]|date=1992-07-14|access-date=2023-02-24}}</ref> and spoke at the [[1992 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The 90's raw: Eddie Tape #111 – Democratic convention|url=https://mediaburn.org/video/the-90s-74/|access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>

Stone has suggested a link between [[September 11 attacks|9/11]] and the [[2000 United States presidential election|controversies of the 2000 election]]: "Does anybody make a connection between the 2000 election and the events of September 11th? ... Look for the thirteenth month!"<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/10/22/oliver-stones-chaos-theory|title=Oliver Stone's Chaos Theory|last=Friend|first=Tad|date=October 15, 2001|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=February 15, 2019|issn=0028-792X|archive-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035227/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/10/22/oliver-stones-chaos-theory|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Stone voted for [[Barack Obama]] as President of the United States in both the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]] and [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]] elections.<ref name="Schou">{{cite web|last=Schou|first=Solvej|title=Oliver Stone on Obama: 'I hope he wins'|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/06/oliver-stone-obama-presidential-election/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly Inc.|access-date=February 26, 2013|archive-date=May 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515070100/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/06/oliver-stone-obama-presidential-election/|url-status=live}}</ref> Stone was quoted as saying at the time: "I voted for Obama because...I think he's an intelligent individual. I think he responds to difficulties well...very bright guy...far better choice, yes."<ref name="Oliver Stone On Voting For Obama">{{cite web|title=Oliver Stone on Voting For Obama|url=http://on.aol.com/video/oliver-stone-on-voting-for-obama-517521814|access-date=February 26, 2013|archive-date=November 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101071347/http://on.aol.com/video/oliver-stone-on-voting-for-obama-517521814|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, Stone endorsed [[Ron Paul]] for the Republican nomination for president, citing his support for a [[non-interventionist]] foreign policy. He said that Paul is "the only one of anybody who's saying anything intelligent about the future of the world."<ref>{{cite news|title=Director Oliver Stone on History. And America, Jim Morrison & Ron Paul|url=http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2012/01/12/director-oliver-stone-on-history-and-america-jim-morrison-ron-paul/|work=Rock Cellar Magazine|date=January 2012|access-date=January 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129022343/http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2012/01/12/director-oliver-stone-on-history-and-america-jim-morrison-ron-paul/|archive-date=January 29, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later added: "I supported Ron Paul in the Republican primary...but his domestic policy...made no sense!"<ref name="Oliver Stone On Voting For Obama"/> In March 2016, Stone wrote on ''[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]'' indicating his support for [[Vermont]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Bernie Sanders]] for the 2016 Democratic nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/why-im-for-bernie-sanders_b_9576984.html|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20160415081328/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oliver%2Dstone/why%2Dim%2Dfor%2Dbernie%2Dsanders_b_9576984.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 15, 2016|title=Why I'm For Bernie Sanders|publisher=Huffington Post.com|author=Oliver Stone|access-date=May 29, 2016}}</ref> In September 2016, Stone said he was voting for [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] candidate [[Jill Stein]] for president.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/09/oliver-stone-snowden/|title=Oliver Stone Talks Secrets, Spies, and Snowden|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]].com|author=Michael Hainey|date=September 12, 2016|access-date=September 14, 2016|archive-date=September 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913233939/https://www.wired.com/2016/09/oliver-stone-snowden/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Speaking at the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival|San Sebastián film festival]], Stone said that many Americans had become disillusioned with [[Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration|Barack Obama's policies]], having originally thought he would be "a man of great integrity." He said: "On the contrary, Obama has doubled down on the (George W.) Bush administration policies," and "has created...the most massive [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|global security surveillance]] state that's ever been seen, way beyond East Germany's [[Stasi]]".<ref>"[https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-era-surveillance-worse-stasi-says-oliver-stone-143717554.html Obama-era surveillance worse than Stasi, says Oliver Stone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812220538/https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-era-surveillance-worse-stasi-says-oliver-stone-143717554.html |date=August 12, 2017 }}". Yahoo News. September 22, 2016.</ref>

In April 2018, Stone attended a press conference at the Fajr Film Festival in [[Tehran]], where he likened [[Donald Trump]] to "[[Beelzebub]]", the biblical demonic figure.<ref name="hollywoodreporter">"[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-compares-donald-trump-beelzebub-at-iranian-film-festival-1105661 Oliver Stone Compares Trump to "Beelzebub" at Iranian Film Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083111/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-compares-donald-trump-beelzebub-at-iranian-film-festival-1105661|date=July 1, 2018}}". ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. April 25, 2018.</ref> Although Stone voted for [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], he criticized what he perceived to be the hypocrisy of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]; Stone argued that the Democrats were not as concerned about [[Russian interference in the 2020 United States elections|Russian interference]] as they had been in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] when Trump won.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Stone |first=Oliver |author-link=Oliver Stone |user=TheOliverStone |number=1327306693357821958 |date=November 13, 2020 |title=(1/3) Although I voted for @JoeBiden, I can't help but note that the #Democrats haven't cried foul over this weird election counting that we're going through. What happened – no #Russian interference this time? https://t.co/mIDHpA6ZrF |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314105519/https://twitter.com/TheOliverStone/status/1327306693357821958 |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> He reflected, "I sense the [[Neoconservatism|neoconservatives]] are jumping around [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], getting their ammunition ready because they know this man, in the end, will come over to their bidding."<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Stone |first=Oliver |author-link=Oliver Stone |user=TheOliverStone |number=1327306696734224384 |date=November 13, 2020 |title=(3/3) It would be a disaster for @JoeBiden to seek out another hotspot right away – Syria? – but who really knows? I sense the #neocons are jumping around #Washington, getting their ammunition ready because they know this man, in the end, will come over to their bidding. |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314105432/https://twitter.com/TheOliverStone/status/1327306696734224384 |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On November 22, 2021, Stone penned an op-ed on ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', criticizing both [[Donald Trump]] and [[Joe Biden]] for not declassifying all records on the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stone |first1=Oliver |title=Guest Column: Oliver Stone Calls Out President for Not Yet Declassifying All JFK Assassination Records |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/oliver-stone-biden-trump-jfk-assassination-records-column-1235045794/ |access-date=November 28, 2021 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=November 22, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128185245/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/oliver-stone-biden-trump-jfk-assassination-records-column-1235045794/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2023, during an interview with [[Russell Brand]], Stone stated that he regretted voting for Biden, because he feared that Biden could start [[World War III]] over the [[Russo-Ukrainian war]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Alexander |date=July 29, 2023 |title=Director Oliver Stone Declares He 'Made a Mistake' When He Voted for Biden, Says He May Start 'World War 3' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/director-oliver-stone-declares-made-mistake-voted-biden-says-start-world-war-3 |access-date=July 29, 2023 |website=[[Fox News]]}}</ref>

===Holocaust controversy===
[[File:Press conference Oliver Stone in Tehran 24.jpg|thumb|Oliver Stone in [[Tehran]]. 2018 [[Fajr International Film Festival]]]]
In a January 2010 press conference announcing his documentary series on the history of the United States, he said: "Hitler is an easy scapegoat throughout history and it's been used cheaply. He's the product of a series of actions. It's cause and effect." Just before commenting about Hitler, he mentioned Stalin: "We can't judge people as only 'bad' or 'good.{{'"}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Hibberd|first=James|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-stone/oliver-stone-says-hitler-an-easy-scapegoat-idUSTRE60A0Z020100111|title=Oliver Stone says Hitler an 'easy scapegoat'|work=Reuters|agency=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 11, 2010|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805212243/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-stone/oliver-stone-says-hitler-an-easy-scapegoat-idUSTRE60A0Z020100111|url-status=live}}</ref> In response to Stone's comment about his intention to place Hitler "in context", Rabbi [[Marvin Hier]] of the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] said it "is like placing cancer in context, instead of recognizing cancer for what it really is—a horrible disease."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wiesenthal.com/about/news/wiesenthal-center-blasts-11.html|title=Wiesenthal Center Blasts Oliver Stone's 'Hitler Was A Scapegoat' Remarks|work=Simon Wiesenthal Center|date=January 15, 2010|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805135709/http://www.wiesenthal.com/about/news/wiesenthal-center-blasts-11.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Interviewed by ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' on July 25, 2010, Stone said: "Hitler did far more damage to the Russians than the Jewish people, 25 or 30 [million killed]." He objected to what he termed "the Jewish domination of the media", appearing to be critical of the coverage of [[the Holocaust]], adding "There's a major lobby in the United States. They are ''hard'' workers. They stay on top of every comment, the most powerful lobby in Washington. Israel has fucked up United States foreign policy for years."<ref name="ST2010">{{cite news|last=Long|first=Camilla|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oliver-stone-lobbing-grenades-in-all-directions-pptgs7pg872|title=Oliver Stone: Lobbing grenades in all directions|work=The Sunday Times|location=London|date=July 25, 2010|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190914205020/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oliver-stone-lobbing-grenades-in-all-directions-pptgs7pg872|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/1.5152427|title=Oliver Stone: Jewish Control of the Media Is Preventing Free Holocaust Debate|work=Haaretz|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=May 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504061539/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/1.5152427|url-status=live}}</ref> The remarks were criticized by Jewish groups, including the [[American Jewish Committee]] which compared his comments negatively to those of [[Mel Gibson]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Brooks|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/movies/27arts-OLIVERSTONEC_BRF.html|title=Oliver Stone Controversy|work=The New York Times|date=July 26, 2010|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112004812/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/movies/27arts-OLIVERSTONEC_BRF.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=2818289&ct=8540509&notoc=1|title=AJC: 'Oliver Stone has Outed Himself as an Anti-Semite'|work=[[American Jewish Committee]]|date=July 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729182222/http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=2818289&ct=8540509&notoc=1|archive-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> [[Abraham Foxman]] of the [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL) said, "Oliver Stone has once again shown his conspiratorial colors with his comments about 'Jewish domination of the media' and control over U.S. foreign policy. His words conjure up some of the most stereotypical and conspiratorial notions of undue Jewish power and influence."<ref>{{cite news|last=Szalai|first=Georg|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-slammed-anti-semitism-25928|title=Oliver Stone Slammed for Anti-Semitism|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|agency=Associated Press|date=July 26, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190914212058/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-slammed-anti-semitism-25928|archive-date=September 14, 2019}}</ref>

[[Yuli Edelstein]], the speaker of Israel's [[List of Knesset speakers|Knesset]] and the leading Soviet [[refusenik]], described Stone's remarks as what "could be a sequel to ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]''",<ref name="jpost">Hoffman, Gil Stern. [https://archive.today/20190914210449/https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Entertainment/Israel-slams-Oliver-Stones-interview "Israel Slams Oliver Stone's Interview"]. Archived from [http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=182659 the original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729135112/http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=182659 |date=July 29, 2010 }}. ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', July 26, 2010.</ref> as well as from Israel's Diaspora Affairs and Public Diplomacy Minister.<ref name="jpost"/>

A day later, Stone stated:

<blockquote>In trying to make a broader historical point about the range of atrocities the Germans committed against many people, I made a clumsy association about the Holocaust, for which I am sorry and I regret. Jews obviously do not control media or any other industry. The fact that the Holocaust is still a very important, vivid and current matter today is, in fact, a great credit to the very hard work of a broad coalition of people committed to the remembrance of this atrocity—and it was an atrocity.<ref name="wsj">[https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/26/oliver-stone-sorry-about-holocaust-comments "Oliver Stone 'Sorry' About Holocaust Comments"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126105018/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/26/oliver-stone-sorry-about-holocaust-comments/ |date=November 26, 2016 }}. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', July 26, 2010.</ref></blockquote>

Two days later, Stone issued a second apology to the ADL, which was accepted. "I believe he now understands the issues and where he was wrong, and this puts an end to the matter," Foxman said.<ref>Szalai, Georg. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7deb554f2e0e8b2f2fc5625de5900b25 "Oliver Stone, ADL Settle Their Differences"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831041812/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7deb554f2e0e8b2f2fc5625de5900b25 |date=August 31, 2010 }} ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', October 14, 2010.</ref>

===WikiLeaks===
Oliver Stone is a vocal supporter of [[WikiLeaks]] founder [[Julian Assange]]. Stone signed a petition in support of Assange's bid for [[Right of asylum|political asylum]] in June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Moore, Glover, Stone, Maher, Greenwald, Wolf, Ellsberg Urge Correa to Grant Asylum to Assange|date=June 22, 2012|url=http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1257|work=Just Foreign Policy|access-date=April 14, 2013|archive-date=April 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407033520/http://justforeignpolicy.org/node/1257|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2012, he penned a ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed with filmmaker [[Michael Moore]] on the importance of WikiLeaks and free speech.<ref>{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks and Free Speech|date=August 20, 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/opinion/wikileaks-and-the-global-future-of-free-speech.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 14, 2013|archive-date=May 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511234209/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/opinion/wikileaks-and-the-global-future-of-free-speech.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Stone visited Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in April 2013 and commented, "I don't think most people in the US realize how important WikiLeaks is and why Julian's case needs support." He also criticized the [[Documentary film|documentary]] ''[[We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks]]'' and the film ''[[The Fifth Estate (film)|The Fifth Estate]]'', saying "Julian Assange did much for free speech and is now being victimised by the abusers of that concept".<ref>{{cite news|title=Oliver Stone meets Julian Assange and criticises new WikiLeaks films|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/11/oliver-stone-julian-assange-wikileaks|work=The Guardian|date=April 11, 2013|location=London|first=Ben|last=Child|access-date=December 12, 2016|archive-date=December 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228035054/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/11/oliver-stone-julian-assange-wikileaks|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2013, Stone and numerous other celebrities appeared in a video showing support for [[Chelsea Manning]].<ref>[http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/celebrity-bradley-manning-video-93041.html#ixzz2WgfpNmys Celeb video: 'I am Bradley Manning' – Patrick Gavin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110180932/http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/celebrity-bradley-manning-video-93041.html#ixzz2WgfpNmys |date=January 10, 2014 }}. Politico.Com (June 20, 2013). Retrieved on May 22, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |date=June 19, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFkcCh-pCc |title=I am Bradley Manning (full HD) |publisher=I am Bradley Manning |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124130655/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFkcCh-pCc |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Foreign policy ===
Stone called [[Saudi Arabia]] a major destabilizer in the Middle East. He also criticized the [[United States foreign policy in the Middle East|foreign policy of the United States]], saying: "We made a mess out of [[Iraq war|Iraq]], [[American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war|Syria]], [[2011 military intervention in Libya|Libya]], but it doesn't matter to the American public. It's okay to wreck the Middle East."<ref name="hollywoodreporter" />

Stone has had an interest in Latin America since the 1980s, when he directed ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]'', and later returned to make his documentary ''[[South of the Border (2009 film)|South of the Border]]'' about the left-leaning movements that had been taking hold in the region. He has expressed the view that these movements are a positive step toward political and economic autonomy for the region.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ann Hornaday |date=June 23, 2010 |title=Director Stone leaves no passion unstoked, and Silverdocs film is no exception |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062204929.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610201247/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062204929.html |archive-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> He supported Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and admired the Colombian militant group [[FARC]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Schoen |first1=Douglas |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781416594772 |title=The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chavez and the War Against America |last2=Rowan |first2=Michael |year=2009 |isbn=9781416594772 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781416594772/page/198 198] |publisher=Free Press |quote=Oliver Stone, perhaps the most left-wing and certainly the most anti-establishment figure in Hollywood, is Chávez's natural ally. ... Stone openly admires the FARC ... |url-access=registration}}</ref>

Stone has criticized the U.S.-supported [[Operation Condor]], a state terror operation that carried out assassinations and disappearances in support of South America's [[Right-wing authoritarianism|right-wing dictatorships]] in Argentina (see [[Dirty War]]), [[Bolivia]], Brazil, [[Chile]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Uruguay]].<ref>"''[https://books.google.com/books?id=hZlFAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA378 The Untold History of the United States]''". Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick (2013). p.378. {{ISBN|1451613520}}</ref>

In December 2014, Stone made statements supporting the Russian government's narrative on Ukraine, portraying the 2014 Ukrainian [[Revolution of Dignity]] as a [[Propaganda in Russia|CIA plot]]. He also rejects the claim that former Ukrainian president (who was overthrown as a result of that revolution) [[Viktor Yanukovych]] was responsible for the [[List of people killed during Euromaidan|killing of protesters]] as claimed by the succeeding Ukrainian government. Stone said Yanukovych was the legitimate president who was forced to leave Ukraine by "well-armed, [[neo-Nazism in Ukraine|neo-Nazi radicals]]". He said that in "the tragic aftermath of this coup, the West has maintained the dominant narrative of '[[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Russia in Crimea]]' whereas the true narrative is 'USA in Ukraine'".<ref name="Mash141230">{{cite news |url= http://mashable.com/2014/12/30/oliver-stone-ukraine-viktor-yanukovych/ |title= Oliver Stone says CIA was behind Ukraine revolution in bizarre Facebook rant |first= Christopher |last= Miller |work= [[Mashable]] |date= December 30, 2014 |access-date= December 31, 2014 |archive-date= December 31, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141231141933/http://mashable.com/2014/12/30/oliver-stone-ukraine-viktor-yanukovych/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.newsweek.com/oliver-stone-meets-toppled-ukrainian-president-accuses-cia-sparking-coup-295814 |title= Oliver Stone Meets Toppled Ukrainian President Yanukovych, Accuses CIA of Sparking Coup |publisher= Newsweek |access-date= December 31, 2014 |archive-date= December 31, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141231171119/http://www.newsweek.com/oliver-stone-meets-toppled-ukrainian-president-accuses-cia-sparking-coup-295814 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-31/oliver-stone-patron-saint-of-truthiness |title= Oliver Stone, Patron Saint of Truthiness |work= Bloomberg View |access-date= December 31, 2014 |archive-date= January 1, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150101121258/http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-31/oliver-stone-patron-saint-of-truthiness |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/oliver-stone-interviews-yanukovych-for-documentary-on-u-s-coup-in-ukraine/514013.html |title= Oliver Stone Interviews Yanukovych for Documentary on U.S. 'Coup' in Ukraine |work= The Moscow Times |access-date= December 31, 2014 |archive-date= January 1, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150101013309/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/oliver-stone-interviews-yanukovych-for-documentary-on-u-s-coup-in-ukraine/514013.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oliver-stone-ukraines-revolution-was-cia-plot-1481412 |title= Oliver Stone: Ukraine's revolution was CIA 'plot' |work= [[International Business Times]] |access-date= December 31, 2014 |archive-date= January 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150105141424/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oliver-stone-ukraines-revolution-was-cia-plot-1481412 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="RonPaul">{{cite news |url= http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2015/january/01/oliver-stone-cia-fingerprints-all-over-ukraine-coup |title= CIA Fingerprints All Over Ukraine Coup |publisher= Ron Paul institute |access-date= January 5, 2015 |archive-date= January 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150105141800/http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2015/january/01/oliver-stone-cia-fingerprints-all-over-ukraine-coup |url-status= live }}</ref> [[James Kirchick]] of ''The Daily Beast'' criticized Stone's comments.<ref name="KP150101">{{cite news |url= https://krytyka.com/en/community/blogs/open-letter-oliver-stone |title= Stephen Velychenko: An open letter to Oliver Stone |first= Stephen |last= Velychenko |publisher= Krytyka |date= January 1, 2015 |access-date= April 10, 2018 |archive-date= April 10, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180410135022/https://krytyka.com/en/community/blogs/open-letter-oliver-stone |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="DB150105">{{cite news |url= http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/05/oliver-stone-s-latest-dictator-suckup.html |title= Oliver Stone's Latest Dictator Suckup |first= James |last= Kirchick |work= [[The Daily Beast]] |date= January 5, 2015 |access-date= January 5, 2015 |archive-date= January 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150105170657/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/05/oliver-stone-s-latest-dictator-suckup.html |url-status= live }}</ref> After the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Stone said that "Russia was wrong to invade."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/11/vladimir-putin-celebrities-ukraine-invasion-steven-seagal-gerard-depardieu | title=Support for Putin among western celebrities drains away over Ukraine | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=April 11, 2022 | access-date=April 14, 2022 | author=Sauer, Pjotr}}</ref> However, he continued to blame the conflict on the U.S. and NATO, emphasizing his fear of a potential [[nuclear war]] and accusing the U.S. of seeking to dominate the world.<ref>[https://twitter.com/theoliverstone/status/1521203717453852672]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/theoliverstone/status/1587807087995895808]</ref>

In a June 2017 interview with ''[[The Nation]]'' to promote his documentary on [[Vladimir Putin]], Stone rejected the narrative of the United States' intelligence agencies that [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Russia sought to influence]] the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]]. Stone accused the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], and [[National Security Agency|NSA]] of cooking the intelligence. He said: "The influence on the election from the Russians to me is absurd to the naked eye. Israel has far more influence on American elections through [[AIPAC]]. Saudi Arabia has influence through money... [[Sheldon Adelson]] and the [[Koch family|Koch brothers]] have much more influence on American elections... And the prime minister of Israel comes to our country and addresses Congress to criticize the president's policy in Iran at the time—that's pretty outrageous."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/oliver-stone-talks-to-the-nation-about-his-new-documentary-the-putin-interviews/|title=Oliver Stone Talks to 'The Nation' About His New Documentary 'The Putin Interviews'|last=Rampell|first=Ed|journal=[[The Nation]]|date=June 12, 2017|access-date=February 15, 2019|issn=0027-8378|archive-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035545/https://www.thenation.com/article/oliver-stone-talks-to-the-nation-about-his-new-documentary-the-putin-interviews/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Russia passed [[Russian gay propaganda law|a law]] in 2013 banning “gay propaganda” to minors, which has been criticized as being used for a crackdown on [[LGBTQ]] support.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hayesbrown/oliver-stone-russia-lgbt-propaganda-law-putin|title=Oliver Stone Said Russia's "Anti-Gay Propaganda" Law Seems "Sensible"|last=Brown|first=Hayes|date=July 22, 2019|website=[[Buzzfeed News]]|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722201805/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hayesbrown/oliver-stone-russia-lgbt-propaganda-law-putin|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2019 interview with Putin, Stone said of the law that "It seems like maybe that's a sensible law." Stone later said he is not [[homophobia|homophobic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Oliver Stone Says He's Not Homophobic After Calling Russia's Anti-Gay Law 'Sensible' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/oliver-stone-homophobic-russia-gay-propaganda-law-1202160471/ |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=July 26, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2019 |archive-date=October 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028100924/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/oliver-stone-homophobic-russia-gay-propaganda-law-1202160471/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oliver-stone-putin-russia-gay-propaganda-law-lgbt-godfather-daughter-a9016566.html|title=Oliver Stone defends Russia's 'anti-gay propaganda' law and asks Putin to be daughter's godfather|last=White|first=Adam|date=July 23, 2019|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=July 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723184128/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oliver-stone-putin-russia-gay-propaganda-law-lgbt-godfather-daughter-a9016566.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Stone took the Russian [[Gam-COVID-Vac|Sputnik V]] vaccine for the [[COVID-19 virus]] while filming in Russia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oliver-stone-vaccine-coronavirus-sputnik-v-b1774166.html | title=Oliver Stone receives Russian coronavirus vaccine aged 74 | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=December 15, 2020 }}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Feature films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width=65| Director
! width=65| Writer
! width=65| Producer
! Notes
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Sugar Cookies (film)|Sugar Cookies]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Associate}}
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Seizure (film)|Seizure]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| Also editor
|-
| 1978
| [[Midnight Express (film)|''Midnight Express'']]
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Hand (1981 film)|The Hand]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan the Barbarian]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Year of the Dragon (film)|Year of the Dragon]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1986
| ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[8 Million Ways to Die]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Talk Radio (film)|Talk Radio]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1990
| ''[[Blue Steel (1990 film)|Blue Steel]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| ''[[Reversal of Fortune]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1991
| ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| Also soundtrack album director
|-
| ''[[Iron Maze]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Also soundtrack album director
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
| ''[[South Central (film)|South Central]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| ''[[Zebrahead (film)|Zebrahead]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1993
| ''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| ''[[Heaven & Earth (1993 film)|Heaven & Earth]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| rowspan="2" | Also soundtrack album director
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
| ''[[Natural Born Killers]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|-
| ''[[The New Age (film)|The New Age]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1995
|''[[Killer: A Journal of Murder (film)|Killer: A Journal of Murder]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| ''[[Gravesend (film)|Gravesend]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| Presenter
|-
| ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1996
| ''[[Freeway (1996 film)|Freeway]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997
| ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Partial|Uncredited}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Cold Around the Heart]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
| ''The Last Days of Kennedy and King''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Savior (film)|Savior]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
| ''[[The Corruptor]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
| ''[[Any Given Sunday]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|
|-
|2003
| ''[[Comandante (2003 film)|Comandante]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Documentary, also narrator
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Alexander (2004 film)|Alexander]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[World Trade Center (film)|World Trade Center]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[W. (film)|W.]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[South of the Border (2009 film)|South of the Border]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| Documentary
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Uncredited}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
| ''Castro in Winter''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Savages (2012 film)|Savages]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Mi amigo Hugo]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| rowspan="3" | Documentary
|-
| 2015
| ''A Good American''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2016
| ''[[Ukraine on Fire (2016 film)|Ukraine on Fire]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|-
| ''[[Snowden (film)|Snowden]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| 
|-
| ''[[All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone|All Governments Lie]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
| rowspan="6" | Documentary
|-
| 2019
| ''Revealing Ukraine''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
| ''[[JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
| ''Qazaq: History of the Golden Man''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Partial|Executive}}
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Nuclear Now]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Lula (film)|Lula]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{n/a}}
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
!width=65| Director
!width=65| Writer
!width=65| Producer
! Notes
|-
! 1993
|''[[Wild Palms]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Partial|Executive}}
| TV Mini-Series
|-
! 1995
| ''[[Indictment: The McMartin Trial]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Partial|Executive}}
| TV movie
|-
! 2001
| ''[[The Day Reagan Was Shot]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Partial|Executive}}
|-
! 2003–2004
| ''[[America Undercover]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Episodes ''[[Looking for Fidel]]'' and ''[[Persona Non Grata (2003 film)|Persona Non Grata]]''
|-
! 2012–2013
| ''[[The Untold History of the United States]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Partial|Executive}}
|rowspan=3| TV series documentary
|-
! 2017
| ''[[The Putin Interviews]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
! 2021
| ''JFK: Destiny Betrayed''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|}

==Awards and honors==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Oliver Stone}}
<!--Table is for nominations & wins received only by films directed by Stone. DO NOT INCLUDE FILMS THAT WEREN'T DIRECTED BY HIM-->
{| class="wikitable"
|+ As director
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" | Academy Awards
! colspan="2" | BAFTA Awards
! colspan="2" | Golden Globe Awards
! colspan="2" | Golden Raspberry Awards
|-
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
|-
|rowspan=2| 1986
| ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Heaven & Earth (1993 film)|Heaven & Earth]]''
|
|
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Natural Born Killers]]''
|
|
| 
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| 
|
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]''
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
|
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Alexander (2004 film)|Alexander]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps]]''
|
|
| 
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| 
|
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Snowden (film)|Snowden]]''
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!31
!9
!10
!4
!18
!10
!10
!1
|}

'''Honors'''
* [[File:Order of Merit (Liechtenstein) Ribbon.Bar.gif|70px]] Commander of the [[Order of Intellectual Merit]] ([[Morocco]], 2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lematin.ma/journal/2003/S-A-R--le-Prince-Moulay-Rachid-decore-plusieurs-personnalites-du-7e-Art/33503.html
|title=S.A.R. le Prince Moulay Rachid décore plusieurs personnalités du 7e Art|date=October 5, 2003}}</ref>
* 2007: Lifetime Achievement Award of [[Zurich Film Festival]]
* 2024: made Commander of France’s [[Order of Arts and Letters]]

==Bibliography==
===Books===
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=uRocAQAAIAAJ Oliver Stone's ''Platoon'' & ''Salvador'']. Co-authored with Richard Boyle. New York: [[Vintage Books]], 1987. {{ISBN|978-0394756295}}. 254 pages.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=GyskeQlVFfkC ''JFK: The Book of the Film: The Documented Screenplay'']. Co-authored with Zachary Sklar. [[Hal Leonard Corporation]], 1992. {{ISBN|978-1557831279}}.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW-aYbRvEkcC ''A Child's Night Dream: A Novel'']. New York: [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]], 1998. {{ISBN|978-0312194468}}.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=AZSG19XFvwIC ''Oliver Stone: Interviews'']. [[University Press of Mississippi]], 2001. {{ISBN|978-1578063031}}.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=bgCjuAAACAAJ ''Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK'']. Co-authored with [[Mark Lane (author)|Mark Lane]] & [[Robert K. Tanenbaum]]. New York: [[Skyhorse Publishing]], 2012. {{ISBN|978-1620870709}}.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=0WwIjdg47PoC ''The Untold History of the United States'']. Co-authored by Peter Kuznick. New York: [[Simon & Schuster]], 2012. {{ISBN|978-1451613513}}.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=4BMkDwAAQBAJ ''The Putin Interviews'']. New York: [[Skyhorse Publishing]], 2017. {{ISBN|978-1510733435}}.
* '' Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game'' (July 2020)<ref name="CurtinReviewChasingTheLight">{{cite web |url= https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2020/08/24/book-review-chasing-the-light-by-oliver-stone/ |title= Book Review: ''Chasing the Light'' by Oliver Stone |author= Edward Curtin |date= August 24, 2020 |work= [[Antiwar.com]] |access-date= November 28, 2020 |archive-date= November 28, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201128082020/https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2020/08/24/book-review-chasing-the-light-by-oliver-stone/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Interviews===
* Crowdus, Gary. [https://archive.org/download/crowdusgary.clarifyingtheconspiracyaninterviewwitholiverstone.cineastevol.19no.1/Crowdus%2C%20Gary.%20%E2%80%9CClarifying%20the%20Conspiracy%3A%20An%20Interview%20with%20Oliver%20Stone%E2%80%9D.%20Cine%CC%81aste%2C%20Vol.%2019%2C%20No.%201%2C%201992.%20pp.%2025-27.%20JSTOR%2041688064.pdf "Clarifying the Conspiracy: An Interview with Oliver Stone"]. ''[[Cineaste (magazine)|Cinéaste]]'', Vol. 19, No. 1, 1992. pp.&nbsp;25–27. {{JSTOR|41688064}}.
* Long, Camilla. [https://archive.today/20190914205020/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oliver-stone-lobbing-grenades-in-all-directions-pptgs7pg872 "Oliver Stone: Lobbing Grenades in All Directions"]. Archived from [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oliver-stone-lobbing-grenades-in-all-directions-pptgs7pg872 the original]. ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', July 25, 2010.
* Louis Theroux, January 4, 2021, BBC Radio 4 [[Grounded with Louis Theroux|'Grounded']] (Omits mention of: Stone's support for whistleblower Julian Assange; "JFK"; "The Untold History of the United States") https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p091pfzv.

===Screenplays===
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=h7j-DQAAQBAJ ''Snowden: Official Motion Picture Edition'']. Co-authored with [[The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez|Kieran Fitzgerald]]. [[Skyhorse Publishing]], 2016. {{ISBN|978-1510719712}}.

==See also==
* [[Oliver Stone's unrealized projects]]

==References==
{{Reflist|35em|refs=
<ref name=MiamiHerald2017-05-22>
{{cite news
| url         = http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article151977967.html
| title       = Oliver Stone to direct Guantánamo Bay TV series
| publisher   = [[Miami Herald]]
| date        = May 22, 2017
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170524231516/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article151977967.html
| archive-date = May 24, 2017
| access-date  = May 24, 2017
| url-status     = live
| quote       = Stone plans to direct the entire first season of the show, which was created by Daniel Voll.
}}
</ref>

<ref name=Deadline2017-05-22>
{{cite news
| url         = http://deadline.com/2017/05/oliver-stone-direct-guantanamo-series-daniel-voll-weinstein-tv-1202099675/
| title       = Weinstein TV Acquires Guantanamo Series From Oliver Stone & Daniel Voll
| publisher   = [[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]
| author      = Denise Petski
| date        = May 22, 2017
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170522185239/http://deadline.com/2017/05/oliver-stone-direct-guantanamo-series-daniel-voll-weinstein-tv-1202099675/
| archive-date = May 22, 2017
| access-date  = May 24, 2017
| url-status     = live
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{{cite news
| url         = https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/weinstein-company-oliver-stone-guantanamo-1202439807/
| title       = Weinstein Company Acquires Oliver Stone TV Series Guantanamo
| publisher   = [[Variety magazine]]
| author      = Joe Otterson
| date        = May 22, 2017
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170524233632/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/weinstein-company-oliver-stone-guantanamo-1202439807/
| archive-date = May 24, 2017
| url-status     = live
}}
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{{cite news
| url         = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/weinstein-tv-acquires-oliver-stone-guantanamo-prison-drama-1006263
| title       = Weinstein TV Nabs Oliver Stones Guantanamo Prison Drama
| publisher   = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]
| author      = Kate Stanhope
| date        = May 22, 2017
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170522182754/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/weinstein-tv-acquires-oliver-stone-guantanamo-prison-drama-1006263
| archive-date = May 22, 2017
| access-date  = May 24, 2017
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}}
</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
'''Articles'''
* [[Garry Wills|Wills, Garry]]. "Dostoyevsky Behind a Camera: Oliver Stone is Making Great American Novels on Film". ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'', Vol. 280, No. 1, July 1997. pp.&nbsp;96–101.

'''Books'''
* Hamburg, Eric. [https://archive.org/details/nixonoliverstone00ston ''Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film'']. New York: [[Hachette Books#Hyperion Books|Hyperion Books]]. {{ISBN|978-0786881574}}. 598 pages.
* Riordan, James. [https://archive.org/details/stonecontroversi00rior ''Stone: The Controversies, Excesses, and Exploits of a Radical Filmmaker'']. New York: [[Hachette Books#Hyperion Books|Hyperion Books]], 1996. {{ISBN|978-0786860265}}. 618 pages.
* Salewicz, Chris. [https://archive.org/details/oliverstone0000sale ''Oliver Stone: The Making of His Movies'']. New York: [[Thunder's Mouth Press]]. {{ISBN|978-1560251620}}. 143 pages.
* Scott, Ian and Henry Thompson. [https://archive.org/details/cinemaofoliverst00kaga ''The Cinema of Oliver Stone: Art, Authorship and Activism'']. [[Manchester University Press]], 2016. {{ISBN|978-1526108715}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.oliverstone.com The Oliver Stone Experience (official Oliver Stone website)]
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* [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/stone.html Oliver Stone Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)]
* {{C-SPAN|14077}}

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