page_title: Oliver Stone
section_title: 2010s
hierarchical_section_title: Oliver Stone / Writing and directing career / 2010s
caption_attribution_description: English: Oliver Stone asks to be photographed with The King of Paparazzi Rino Barillari in "Piazza dé Ricci" exit of the restaurant "Pierluigi" in Rome
context_page_description: William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer, and writer.
  Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of Midnight Express, and wrote the gangster movie Scarface. Stone achieved prominence as writer and director of the war drama Platoon, which won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. Platoon was the first in a trilogy of films based on the Vietnam War, in which Stone served as an infantry soldier. He continued the series with Born on the Fourth of July —for which Stone won his second Best Director Oscar—and Heaven & Earth. Stone's other works include the Salvadoran Civil War-based drama Salvador; the financial drama Wall Street and its sequel Money Never Sleeps; the Jim Morrison biographical film The Doors; the satirical black comedy crime film Natural Born Killers; a trilogy of films based on the American Presidency: JFK, Nixon, and W.; and Snowden.
  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.
context_section_description: In 2010, Stone returned to the theme of Wall Street for the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. In 2012, Stone directed Savages, based on a novel by Don Winslow.
  In 2015, he was presented with an honorific award at the Sitges Film Festival. His film Snowden, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as whistleblower Edward Snowden. Snowden finished filming in May 2015 and was released on September 16, 2016.
  On May 22, 2017, various industry papers reported that Stone was going to direct a television series about the Guantanamo detention camp. Daniel Voll was credited with creating the series. Harvey Weinstein's production company is financing the series. Stone is reported to be scheduled to direct every episode of the first season. However, Stone announced he would quit the series after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against Weinstein in October 2017.
caption: Oliver Stone with Rino Barillari in "Piazza dé Ricci" exit of the restaurant "Pierluigi" in Rome – September 25, 2012
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