Oliver STONE | William Oliver Stone

* 15.09.1946, New York City, USA

Regisseur, Drehbuchautor, Produzent * 1965 Englisch-Lehrer am Free Pacific Institute in Südvietnam * 1967-68 dient in der US-Army in Vietnam * (nach seiner Rückkehr in die USA) beginnt 1968 ein Studium an der Filmschule der New York University (B.A., 1971) - während der Studienzeit dreht den Kurzfilm [short student film] Last Year in Vietnam (1970) * 1973 debütiert als Regisseur mit dem Horrorfilm Seizure * in den nächsten zwölf Jahren macht sich einen Namen als Drehbuchautor (Oscar für Midnight Express, 1977; Conan the Barbarian, 1981; Scarface, 1982/83; Year of the Dragon, 1985) * ab 1985 arbeitet regelmäßig als Regisseur und Produzent * 1986-93 verarbeitet seine Kriegserfahrungen in der Anti-Kriegsfilm-Trilogie Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July und Heaven & Earth - widmet sich in seinen Regiearbeiten vorzugsweise biografischen bzw. (politisch) kontroversen Themen (The Doors, 1990; JFK, 1991; Nixon, 1995; Alexander, 2003/04; W., 2008; Snowden, 2015 | "I consider my films first and foremost to be dramas about individuals in personal struggles and I consider myself to be a dramatist before I am a political filmmaker. I'm interested in alternative points of view. I think ultimately the problems of the planet are universal and that nationalism is a very destructive force. I also like anarchy in films.") * 1989 gründet die Produktionsfirma Ixtlan Productions * ab 2003 dreht auch politische / zeitgeschichtliche Dokumentationen (Comandante, 2003; The Untold History of the United States, 2012/13; Mi amigo Hugo, 2014; The Putin Interviews, 2017) * 2009 inszeniert - nach 22 Jahren - mit Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps die Fortsetzung seines Kinohits von 1987 * 1997 Veröffentlichung des Romans A Child's Night Dream | Bild: ? (Autogrammkarte)


"I'll welcome any sorts of investors in my films, as long as I can keep my freedom and my content free of interference. If you're asking if I would do a movie with a known drug dealer, no, I wouldn't. You don't want to corrupt a movie, though the nature of the film business lends itself to criminal enterprises."

FILMS

Seizure (Die Herrscherin des Bösen, 1973-CDN/USA; R: Oliver Stone, B: Edward Mann, Oliver Stone, K: Roger Racine, M: Lee Gagnon, D: Jonathan Frid: Edmund Blackstone, Martine Beswick: Königin, Joe Sirola: Charlie, Christina Pickles: Nicole Blackstone, Anne Meacham: Eunice & Hervé Villechaize: Spider, Roger De Koven: Serge, Troy Donahue: Mark Frost) 93m-Horror (5 Wochen; 7411)

The Hand (Die Hand, 1980-USA; R+B: Oliver Stone, K: King Baggot, M: James Horner, D: Michael Caine: Jon Lansdale, Andrea Marcovicci: Anne Lansdale) 104m-Horror (Roman The Lizard's Tail von Marc Brandell, 1979) (03-05; 8104)

Salvador (Salvador, 1985-USA; R: Oliver Stone, B: Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle, K: Robert Richardson, M: Georges Delerue, D: James Woods: Richard Boyle, James Belushi: Dr. Rock, Michael Murphy: Thomas Kelly & John Savage: John Cassady, Elpidia Carrillo: María, Cindy/Cynthia Gibb: Cathy Moore) 124m-Kriegsdrama (06-09; 8603)

Platoon (Platoon, 1986-USA; R+B: Oliver Stone, K: Robert Richardson, M: Georges Delerue, D: Tom Berenger: Sergeant Barnes * Willem Dafoe: Sergeant Elias Grodin * Charlie Sheen: Chris Taylor) 120m-Antikriegsdrama (03-05; 8612)

Wall Street (Wall Street, 1987-USA; R: Oliver Stone, B: Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone, K: Robert Richardson, M: Stewart Copeland, D: Michael Douglas: Gordon Gekko * Charlie Sheen: Bud Fox * Daryl Hannah: Darien Taylor ° Martin Sheen: Carl Fox) 120/6m-Drama (04-07; 8712) > "When I made the movie I thought greed was NOT good. But I learned people really like money. They like to make money. They will even admire the villain with the money - even when he breaks the law."

Talk Radio (Talk Radio, 1988-USA; R: Oliver Stone, B: Eric Bogosian, Oliver Stone, K: Robert Richardson, M: Stewart Copeland, D: Eric Bogosian: Barry Champlain, Alec Baldwin: Dan, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley, John Pankow, Michael Wincott) 110m-Mediendrama (Bühnenstück von Eric Bogosian /1987/ + Buch Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg von Stephen Singular /1987/) (04-05; 8812)

Born on the Fourth of July (1988-USA) (Buch von Ron Kovic) (10-65 Tage; 8912)

The Doors (1990-USA) (9103)

JFK (1991-USA) (Buch von Jim Garrison + Buch von Jim Marrs) (9112)

Heaven & Earth (1992/93-USA) (Buch von Le Ly Hayslip mit Jay Wurts & Buch von Le Ly Hayslip mit James Hayslip) (9312)

Natural Born Killers (1993-USA) (9408)

Nixon (1995-USA) (9512)

U Turn (1996/97-USA) (Buch von John Ridley) (9710)

Any Given Sunday (1999-USA) (9912)

Alexander (2003/04-F/GB/D; R: Oliver Stone, B: Oliver Stone & Christopher Kyle & Laeta Kalogridis, K: Rodrigo Prieto, M: Vangelis, D: Colin Farrell: Alexander * Angelina Jolie: Olympias * Val Kilmer: Philipp * Christopher Plummer: Aristoteles * Jared Leto: Hephaistion * Rosario Dawson: Roxane & Anthony Hopkins: Ptolemaios) 174m-Monumentalfilm (09-02; 0411) > "But I always liked the Greek outfits. They were sexier than the Romans', you've got to admit. And they didn't wear sandals. They wore boots. So don't call it a sword-and-sandal [movie], for Christ's sake! It's sword-and-boot, okay?"

World Trade Center (2005/06-USA) (0608)

W. (W. - Ein missverstandenes Leben * Oliver Stone's W., 2008-USA; R: Oliver Stone, B: Stanley Weiser, K: Phedon Papamichael, M: Paul Cantelon, D: Josh Brolin: George W. Bush, Elizabeth Banks: Laura Bush, Ellen Burstyn: Barbara Bush, James Cromwell: George H.W. Bush, Richard Dreyfuss: Dick Cheney, Scott Glenn: Donald Rumsfeld, Toby Jones: Karl Rove, Stacy Keach: Earle Hudd, Bruce McGill: George Tenet, Thandie Newton: Condoleezza Rice, Jeffrey Wright: Colin Powell) 131m-Biopicdrama (05-07; 0810)

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Wall Street - Geld schläft nicht, 2009-USA; R: Oliver Stone, B: Allan Loeb & Stephen Schiff, K: Rodrigo Prieto, M: Craig Armstrong, D: Michael Douglas: Gordon Gekko * Shia LaBeouf: Jacob [Jake] Moore, Josh Brolin: Bretton James, Carey Mulligan: Winnie Gekko, Eli Wallach: Jules Steinhardt & Susan Sarandon: Jakes Mutter & Frank Langella: Louis Zabel) 133m-Drama (09-11; 1009)

Savages (Savages * Savages - Im Auge des Kartells, 2011-USA; R: Oliver Stone, B: Shane Salerno, Don Winslow, Oliver Stone, K: Daniel Mindel, M: Adam Peters, D: Taylor Kitsch: Chon, Blake Lively: O, Aaron Johnson: Ben & John Travolta: Dennis, Benicio Del Toro: Lado, Salma Hayek: Elena) 130m-Thriller (Roman von Don Winslow, 2010) (07-09; 1207)

Snowden (2015-USA/D; R: Oliver Stone, B: Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone, K: Anthony Dod Mantle, M: Craig Armstrong, D: Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Edward Snowden * Shailene Woodley: Lindsay Mills, Melissa Leo: Laura Poitras, Zachary Quinto: Glenn Greenwald, Tom Wilkinson: Ewen MacAskill, Scott Eastwood: Trevor James, Logan Marshall-Green: Drohnenpilot, Timothy Olyphant: Matt Kovar, Ben Schnetzer: Gabriel Sol, LaKeith Lee Stanfield: Patrick Haynes & Rhys Ifans: Corbin O'Brian & Nicolas Cage: Hank Forrester) 135m-Biopic (Buch Vremja spruta von Anatolij G. Kučerena /2015/ + Buch [The Snowden Files] von Luke Harding /2014/) (02-05; 1609)

AWARDS

Academy Award / Oscar (bestes adaptiertes Drehbuch) für Midnight Express (1979)

Golden Globe (bestes Drehbuch) für Midnight Express (1979)

Academy Award / Oscar (beste Regie) für Platoon (1987)

Golden Globe (beste Regie) für Platoon (1987)

Directors Guild of America Award (Regie) für Platoon (1987)

Silberner Bär (beste Regie) für Platoon [Berlinale 1987]

BAFTA Film Award für Platoon (1988)

Academy Award / Oscar (beste Regie) für Born on the Fourth of July (1990)

Golden Globes (beste Regie + bestes Drehbuch) für Born on the Fourth of July (1990)

Directors Guild of America Award (Regie) für Born on the Fourth of July (1990)

Goldener Ehrenbär [Berlinale 1990]

Golden Globe (beste Regie) für JFK (1992)

Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award [Filmfestival San Sebastián 2012]

Spezialpreis für einen außergewöhnlichen Beitrag zum Weltkino [Filmfestival Karlovy Vary 2013]

BOOK

James M. Welsh and Donald M. Whaley: The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2012

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