William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946 in New York City) is an Academy Award-winning American film director.

Stone attended The Hill School, Yale and the New York University. He has won two Academy Awards for Directing for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, as well as a best adapted screenplay oscar for Midnight Express, which he wrote but did not direct.

Other films he had a hand in the screenplays for are Conan the Barbarian (1982), Scarface (1983), Year of the Dragon (1985), 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) and Evita (1996). Stone has written or taken part in the writing of every film he has directed, except for U Turn (1997).

A distinct feature in Oliver Stone's movies is the use of a multitude of different cameras and film formats, from VHS to 8mm film to 70mm film.

Critics contend that Stone is a conspiracy theorist, and that his films manipulate the viewers and distort history; in spite of that, many consider Stone "one of the best directors in Hollywood", and the most controversial as well.

Movies directed by Stone include

• Looking for Fidel (2004)
• Alexander (2004)
• Comandante (2003)
• Any Given Sunday (1999)
• U Turn (1997)
• Nixon (1995)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• JFK (1991)
• The Doors (1991)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Talk Radio (1988)
• Wall Street (1987)
• Platoon (1986)
• Salvador (1986)
• The Hand (1981)
• Mad Man of Martinique (short) (1979)
• Seizure (aka Queen of Evil) (1974)

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