Born September 15, 1946
New York, New York
American Vietnam War veteran; film director
"Nobody was motivated, except to get out [of Vietnam]. Survival was the key. It wasn't very romantic."
Oliver Stone. Reproduced by permission of AP/Wide World Photos.
Oliver Stone. Reproduced by permission of AP/Wide World Photos.
Vietnam veteran Oliver Stone is one of America's best-known film directors. Over the course of his career, he has written and directed films on many different subjects, from the world of high finance (1987's Wall Street) to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (1991's JFK). But he first became famous for two Vietnam War films that received tremendous critical acclaim. These movies—Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989)—provided movie...
Source: Vietnam War: Biographies, ©2001 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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