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Oliver Stone (born 1946) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his films about controversial social and political issues. After wetting his feet in Hollywood with the screenplays for ''[[Scarface]]'' and ''[[Midnight Express]]'', Stone was finally able to direct his legendary war film ''[[Platoon]]'', which drew largely on his own experiences as an infantryman in Vietnam, and earned him Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. He would follow this film with the critically acclaimed ''[[Wall Street]]'', ''[[Talk Radio]]'', and ''[[Born On the Fourth of July]]'' (another Oscar winner for Best Director) before making headlines with his ultra-controversial (due to its liberal use of [[Artistic License]] in portraying historical events) 1991 film ''[[JFK (Film)|JFK]]'', which took a look at the assassination of [[John F Kennedy]]. He followed the success of ''JFK'' up with the [[Biopic]] ''[[Nixon]]'', which faced equally harsh criticism (though unlike ''JFK'', it acknowledged its artistic license up front) and was a financial flop. The one-two punch of ''JFK'' and ''[[Nixon]]'' has led to the depiction of Stone as a [[Conspiracy Theorist]] filmmaker.