Oliver Stone
American filmmaker
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| April 1 2025 | Stone testified before a House Oversight subcommittee on federal compliance with the JFK Records Act, 33 years after his initial 1992 testimony supporting the original legislation. |
| 2025 | Commented on Trump's executive order releasing final JFK assassination files, offering qualified praise while supporting an oversight committee. |
| March 2025 | Stone reiterates his stance on the Ukraine conflict, emphasizing concerns about potential nuclear war and US global domination. |
| 2024 | Donated to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign and voted for him in the general election after he ran as the American Independent Party candidate. |
| 2024 | Oliver Stone announced that he was writing a follow-up memoir for Simon & Schuster. |
| 2024 | Oliver Stone is set to direct and write the documentary 'Lula'. |
| 2024 | Stone reflected that the day the U.S. Supreme Court ended the Florida recount in the 2000 presidential election was 'the worst moment, for me, of this century,' expressing his support for Al Gore and his belief that George W. Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. |
| 2024 | Stone commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War's conclusion with reflections during panel discussions at the Harvard Institute of Politics and San Diego State University's Center for War and Society. |
| 2024 | Oliver Stone donated his personal archives to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| 2024 | At the Cannes Film Festival, Oliver Stone announced he has one more narrative film in mind, promising to complete it by the following year. |
| December 2024 | In a podcast interview, Oliver Stone defined himself as an independent opposed to neoconservatism and expressed his identity as a 'real liberal' influenced by John Stuart Mill. |
| November 2024 | Producer Jon Peters claimed to be in talks with Stone about a potential film on the Trump assassination attempt, which Stone subsequently denied. |
| August 2024 | Stone signed with Atlas Artists for representation to help develop an 'ambitious' narrative film project. |
| July 4 2024 | Stone was awarded the rank of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France for his cultural contributions to both the country and the film industry. |
| 2023 | In an interview with Russell Brand, Stone stated he regretted voting for Biden, fearing that he could instigate a third world war over the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. |
| 2023 | Stone donated to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. |
| 2023 | Oliver Stone revealed he was previously offered the opportunity to direct a biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer, but declined because he could not conceptualize the core narrative of Oppenheimer's life. |
| 2022 | After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Stone acknowledges Russia was wrong to invade but continues to blame the conflict on US and NATO policies. |
| 2022 | Stone directed and co-wrote the documentary Nuclear Now, which advocates for nuclear energy as a solution to climate change. |
| 2022 | Stone appeared in the film 'Theaters of War,' discussing the role of the military in Hollywood. |
| 2021 | Stone produced and featured in Qazaq: History of the Golden Man, an eight-hour film interviewing Kazakh politician Nursultan Nazarbayev. |
| 2021 | Oliver Stone directed 'JFK: Destiny Betrayed', a TV series documentary. |
| November 22 2021 | On November 22, Stone wrote an op-ed for The Hollywood Reporter, criticizing both Donald Trump and Joe Biden for not declassifying all records related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. |
| June 2021 | Stone's documentary JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass was selected for the Cannes Premiere section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. |
| January 4 2021 | Oliver Stone appeared on BBC Radio 4's 'Grounded' with Louis Theroux, engaging in a discussion that omitted mentions of his support for Julian Assange and notable works like 'JFK' and 'The Untold History of the United States'. |
| 2020 | Oliver Stone announced his semi-retirement from filmmaking. |
| 2020 | Stone voted for Joe Biden in the presidential election but criticized the Democratic Party for its perceived hypocrisy regarding Russian interference. |
| 2020 | While filming in Russia, Oliver Stone took the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. |
| July 2020 | Oliver Stone released his first memoir titled 'Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game' in collaboration with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The memoir details his upbringing, Vietnam War experience, and the filmmaking challenges of the 1970s and '80s, concluding with his Oscar-winning film 'Platoon'. |
| 2019 | Stone released Revealing Ukraine, directed by Igor Lopatonok, featuring Stone interviewing Putin. |
| 2019 | Oliver Stone was the executive producer of the documentary 'Revealing Ukraine'. |
| 2019 | During a filmed interview with Vladimir Putin, Oliver Stone commented on Russia's 2013 law banning 'gay propaganda,' suggesting it might be a 'sensible law' while clarifying that he is not homophobic. |
| 2019 | 'Platoon' was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. |
| October 31 2018 | Oliver Stone was set to direct the pilot episode for the period drama series 'Dolce Vita', based on Stephen Gundle's true crime novel about Rome in the 1950s. The project involved eOne, Mediaset Group, and De Laurentiis Company, with Tom Fontana writing the script. |
| August 13 2018 | Oliver Stone announced plans to direct 'White Lies', a film he personally wrote, which would reunite him with actor Benicio del Toro. The project was set to begin production in spring 2019 in New York City, with Nighthawk Capital Limited slated to finance the film. |
| April 2018 | During the Fajr Film Festival in Tehran, Stone attended a press conference where he compared Donald Trump to 'Beelzebub', the biblical demonic figure. |
| 2017 | Stone received the Cinema for Peace Award for Justice for his film 'Snowden'. |
| 2017 | Oliver Stone made controversial comments regarding the Harvey Weinstein allegations, initially advocating for due process before later expressing his appall at the reported abuses. |
| October 2017 | Oliver Stone announced that he would quit the television series about the Guantanamo detention camp following sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein. |
| July 13 2017 | The Guantanamo Bay TV series was acquired by Showtime. |
| June 2017 | In an interview with The Nation, Oliver Stone promoted his documentary on Vladimir Putin and rejected the narrative of Russian influence on the 2016 U.S. presidential election, accusing the CIA, FBI, and NSA of manipulating intelligence related to the matter. |
| June 12 2017 | The Putin Interviews, a series of interviews with Russian president Vladimir Putin conducted by Stone, premiered as a four-night television event on Showtime. |
| May 22 2017 | It was reported that Oliver Stone was set to direct a television series about the Guantanamo detention camp, with Harvey Weinstein's production company financing the project. |
| 2016 | Stone served as executive producer for the film Ukraine on Fire, which presented interviews with pro-Russian figures surrounding the 2014 Maidan Revolution. |
| 2016 | Oliver Stone was the executive producer of the documentary 'All Governments Lie'. |
| 2016 | Oliver Stone dropped out of 'The Last Tour' project after being attached to it for two years. |
| September 2016 | Stone announced that he was voting for Green Party candidate Jill Stein for president, stating he felt forced to vote third party due to the influence of neoconservatives in the Democratic Party. |
| September 16 2016 | The film 'Snowden', directed by Oliver Stone, was released. |
| March 2016 | In March, Stone expressed his support for Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic nomination in an article on The Huffington Post. |
| 2015 | Oliver Stone was the executive producer of the documentary 'A Good American'. |
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