Stone, Oliver
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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STONE, OLIVER 1946 , American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer, b. New York City, studied filmmaking with Martin Scorsese at New York Univ...and created other scripts before directing his first Hollywood film, The Hand...Platoon (1986; Academy Award, best director) that he catapulted to popular success...July (1989; Academy Award, best director), The Doors (1991), Nixon (1995...