Oliver Stone

American film director — Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), JFK (1991), Nixon (1995), Any Given Sunday (1999) — Vietnam veteran whose films brought the Vietnam War experience, corporate excess, and political conspiracy into mainstream cinema.

Creates the political conspiracy film as mainstream cinema — JFK's synthesis of documentary techniques, multiple perspectives, and relentless argumentation defined a genre of politically charged historical filmmaking that influenced how Americans understood their political system.