Oliver Stone

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Also Known As	William Oliver Stone
Born	September 15, 1946 (age 78) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	Purple Heart • Academy Award (1990) • Academy Award (1987) • Academy Award (1979)
Notable Works	“Alexander” • “Any Given Sunday” • “Born on the Fourth of July” • “Comandante” • “Heaven and Earth” • “JFK” • “Natural Born Killers” • “Nixon” • “Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States” • “Platoon” • “Salvador” • “Savages” • “Snowden” • “South of the Border” • “Talk Radio” • “The Doors” • “U Turn” • “W.” • “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” • “Wall Street” • “World Trade Center”

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James L. Brooks

American screenwriter, director, and producer

King Kong

Peter Jackson

New Zealand director

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

American director

Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin

American writer and producer

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty

American actor, director, and producer

Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

American director, writer, and actor

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

American director and producer

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

American filmmaker

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

Mexican director

Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple

American director

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck

American actor, writer, and director

Moore, Michael

Michael Moore

American filmmaker and author

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

American actor and director

Francis Ford Coppola directing The Godfather: Part II

Francis Ford Coppola

American director and screenwriter

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

American director and author

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

American director, producer, and actor

Leo McCarey

Leo McCarey

American director

Brooks, Richard

Richard Brooks

American writer and director

George Roy Hill

American director

Golden Globe winner

Billy Bob Thornton

American actor, director, and writer

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