Oliver Stone is considered to be among the best film directors of all times. Throughout his successful career this director has won three Academy awards. This American film director and screenwriter is also one of the richest people in Hollywood, whose net worth reaches approximately $50 million. Stone accumulated such large net worth being not only a film director but also a screenwriter and author. Oliver Stone was born on September 15, 1945 in New York City. He studied at Yale University. Nevertheless, he dropped out after a year. After this, Stone went to South Vietnam, where he was a teacher at the Free Pacific Institute.
Oliver Stone Net Worth $50 Million
Stone had three wives. He was married to Najwa Sarkis, Elizabeth Burkit Cox and Sun-jung Jung, with whom he is still married. Together they have a daughter.
Oliver Stone’s career as a director started in 1974 when the film Seizure was released. A few years later he directed a horror film The Hand but these two films were considered a commercial failure. Nevertheless, only when Oliver Stone directed the trilogy about Vietnam War, which included the films Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, and Heaven and Earth, he proved himself as an original and talented film director. Other successful films directed by Oliver Stone are Wall Street, Talk Radio, Natural Born Killers, The Doors, JFK, and Nixon. His latest film Savages, released in 2012, starred many well known celebrities such as Blake Lively, Salma Hayek, and John Travolta. Oliver Stone is a unique and original film director. He is best known for his films about war. It is worth mentioning that Oliver Stone used to be a soldier. Therefore, it is no surprise that his films are so realistic. Stone’s parents divorced when he was a teenager and this experience also reflects in his movies, which are quite personal and sentimental, and often revolves around relationship between father and son. Sometimes movies directed by Oliver Stone are criticized for being controversial. This can be explained by the fact that his movies revolve around such sensitive topics as war, political scandals, etc. Stone’s movies depicting war and various historical events are often called historically inaccurate. However, Stone does not pay attention to these allegations.
Moreover, Oliver Stone made a number of documentaries, three of them being about Fidel Castro and others tackle various political subjects. He also directed, produced and narrated the documentary Oliver’s Stone’s Untold History of the United States. As a result, Oliver Stone increased his net worth.
Oliver Stone also appeared in a few films as an actor, for example, he starred in the comedy The Battle of Love’s Return, and Greystone Park. However, he usually plays minor parts and makes only cameo performances. He can be seen in Wall Street, The Doors, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, etc. Nevertheless, these performances also add up to the overall amount of Oliver Stone net worth.
Besides being a film director and screenwriter, Stone also did some literary work and wrote a book under the title A Child’s Night Dream. As a result, this activity also increased Oliver Stone net worth.
