FILM DIRECTOR

Oliver Stone

1946 - Today

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William Oliver Stone (born (1946-09-15)September 15, 1946) is an American filmmaker. Stone is known as a controversial but acclaimed director, tackling subjects ranging from the Vietnam War, and American politics to musical biopics and crime dramas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Stone has received more than 9,613,353 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Oliver Stone is the 52nd most popular film director (up from 60th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from United States (up from 438th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Film Director.

Oliver Stone is most famous for his films. He has made films about the Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassination, and the George W. Bush presidency.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Oliver Stone ranks 52 out of 2,041. Before him are Yasujirō Ozu, Roberto Rossellini, Isao Takahata, Emir Kusturica, Alan Parker, and Takeshi Kitano. After him are Michael Haneke, Tony Scott, Luc Besson, Paul Verhoeven, Brian De Palma, and Aki Kaurismäki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Oliver Stone ranks 37. Before him are Tommy Lee Jones, Syd Barrett, Fabio Capello, Roh Moo-hyun, Benny Andersson, and José Carreras. After him are Timothy Dalton, David Suchet, Marianne Faithfull, Emerson Fittipaldi, Robert Fripp, and Masoud Barzani.

Others Born in 1946

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Stone ranks 354 out of 20,380. Before him are John Cage (1912), Julia Roberts (1967), Fred Astaire (1899), Rachel Carson (1907), Jack Lemmon (1925), and Spencer Tracy (1900). After him are Cliff Burton (1962), Nicole Kidman (1967), Duke Ellington (1899), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Willem Dafoe (1955), and Christopher Lloyd (1938).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Oliver Stone ranks 11. Before him are Francis Ford Coppola (1939), George Lucas (1944), Quentin Tarantino (1963), Tim Burton (1958), John Ford (1894), and David Lynch (1946). After him are Brian De Palma (1940), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Chuck Jones (1912), Sydney Pollack (1934), and Terry Gilliam (1940).

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Filmography

Platoon
Director
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Dec 19o 19867.7 / 10
Snowden
Director
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Sep 15o 20167.1 / 10
Natural Born Killers
Director
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Aug 26o 19947.067 / 10