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Oliver Stone

Awards

Oliver Stone

67 wins & 60 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Anthony Hopkins in Nixon (1995)
    1996 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Nixon
    Shared with: Stephen J. Rivele · Christopher Wilkinson
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • JFK
    Shared with: A. Kitman Ho
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • JFK
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
    • JFK
    Shared with: Zachary Sklar
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1990 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Born on the Fourth of July
    Shared with: A. Kitman Ho

Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival

  • The Hand (1981)
    1982 Nominee Grand Prize
    • The Hand

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Cameron Diaz, Al Pacino, James Woods, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, and LL Cool J in Any Given Sunday (1999)
    2000 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Any Given Sunday
  • Oliver Stone
    1990 Winner Honorary Golden Berlin Bear
    For his close relationship to the festival. The award was presented as Special Prize of the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1990 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Talk Radio (1988)
    1989 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Film
    • Talk Radio
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1987 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Best Director
    • Platoon

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1987 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Platoon
    Tied with David Lynch for Blue Velvet (1986).

BAFTA Awards

  • Antonio Banderas and Madonna in Evita (1996)
    1997 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • Evita
    Shared with: Alan Parker
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1993 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • JFK
    Shared with: Zachary Sklar
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1991 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • Born on the Fourth of July
    Shared with: Ron Kovic
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1988 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Direction
    • Platoon

Brussels Film Festival (BRFF)

  • Oliver Stone
    1998 Winner Crystal Iris

CableACE Awards

  • Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
    1995 Nominee CableACE
    • Movie or Miniseries
    • Indictment: The McMartin Trial
    Shared with: Abby Mann · Janet Yang · Diana Pokorny · Mick Jackson · Myra Mann

Camerimage

  • Oliver Stone
    2004 Winner Special Award
    • Director with Unique Visual Sensitivity

Cannes Film Festival

  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Lula (2024)
    2024 Nominee Golden Eye
    • Lula
    Shared with: Rob Wilson
  • John F. Kennedy in JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
    2021 Nominee Golden Eye
    • JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Anthony Hopkins in Nixon (1995)
    1996 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Nixon
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • JFK
    Shared with: Zachary Sklar

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • JFK
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • JFK
    Shared with: Zachary Sklar

David di Donatello Awards

  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1990 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
    • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1987 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura Straniera)
    • Platoon

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • JFK
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1990 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Born on the Fourth of July
    Shared with: Clayton Townsend · Stephen Lim · Joseph P. Reidy · David Sardi
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1987 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Platoon
    Shared with: H. Gordon Boos

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Nominee Edgar
    • Best Motion Picture
    • JFK
    Shared with: Zachary Sklar

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
    1995 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Made for Television Movie
    • Indictment: The McMartin Trial
    Shared with: Janet Yang · Abby Mann · Diana Pokorny

Golden Globes, USA

  • Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in Natural Born Killers (1994)
    1995 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Natural Born Killers
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • JFK
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • JFK
    Shared with: Zachary Sklar
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1990 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1990 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
    • Born on the Fourth of July
    Shared with: Ron Kovic

Satellite Awards

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Snowden (2016)
    2017 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Snowden
    Shared with: Kieran Fitzgerald

Gotham Awards

  • Oliver Stone
    2016 Winner Tribute Award

Grammy Awards

  • Brad Davis in Midnight Express (1978)
    1979 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
    • Midnight Express
    Shared with: Giorgio Moroder · Billy Hayes

Hermosa Beach Film Festival

  • 1998 Winner Best Documentary
    • The Last Days of Kennedy and King
    Shared with: Vince DiPersio
  • 1998 Winner Best Documentary
    • Best Documentary
    • The Last Days of Kennedy and King
    Shared with: Vince DiPersio · Bill Guttentag

Hollywood Film Awards

  • World Trade Center (2006)
    2006 Winner Hollywood Movie of the Year
    • World Trade Center
  • World Trade Center (2006)
    2006 Winner Hollywood Film Award
    • Director of the Year
    • World Trade Center

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Talk Radio (1988)
    1989 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Talk Radio
  • James Woods in Salvador (1986)
    1987 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Feature
    • Salvador
    Shared with: Gerald Green
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1987 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Platoon
  • James Woods in Salvador (1986)
    1987 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Salvador
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1987 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Platoon

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1993 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • JFK

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • James Woods in Salvador (1986)
    1986 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Salvador
    Stone was nominated twice in the category and won an equal number of votes for both films. Tied with Oliver Stone for Platoon (1986).
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1986 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Platoon
    Stone was nominated twice in the category and won an equal number of votes for both films. Tied with Oliver Stone for Salvador (1986).

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2013 Winner Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1989 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Born on the Fourth of July

Moscow International Film Festival

  • Val Kilmer in The Doors (1991)
    1991 Nominee Golden St. George
    • The Doors

National Board of Review, USA

  • Woody Harrelson in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
    1996 Winner Freedom of Expression Award
    • The People vs. Larry Flynt
    Shared with: Milos Forman

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • James Woods in Salvador (1986)
    1987 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Salvador
    • Platoon

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1986 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Platoon

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
    2018 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
    • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
    Shared with: Fred Peabody · Jeff Cohen · Steve Ord · Peter Raymont · Andrew Munger · Maxim Gertler-Jaffe

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2002 Winner International Filmmaker Award

Razzie Awards

  • Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, and Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)
    2005 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Director
    • Alexander
  • Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, and Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)
    2005 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Screenplay
    • Alexander
    Shared with: Christopher Kyle · Laeta Kalogridis
  • Jennifer Lopez and Sean Penn in U Turn (1997)
    1998 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Director
    • U Turn
  • Mickey Rourke in Year of the Dragon (1985)
    1986 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Screenplay
    • Year of the Dragon
    Shared with: Michael Cimino

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2012 Winner Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award
    Special 60th Anniversary Award

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2013 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

ShoWest Convention, USA

  • Oliver Stone
    1992 Winner Special Award
    • Meritorious Achievement

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2004 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Taormina International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2011 Winner Taormina Arte Award

Venice Film Festival

  • Nuclear Now (2022)
    2022 Winner CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award
    • Nuclear Now
  • Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in Natural Born Killers (1994)
    1994 Winner Grand Special Jury Prize
    • Natural Born Killers
  • Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in Natural Born Killers (1994)
    1994 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Natural Born Killers

Walk of Fame

  • Oliver Stone
    1996 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
    • Motion Picture
    On 15 March 1996. At 7013 Hollywood Blvd.

WorldFest Houston

  • James Woods in Salvador (1986)
    1986 Winner Grand Remi Award
    • Best of Show - Feature Film
    • Salvador

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Oliver Stone
    2017 Winner Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1992 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • JFK
    Shared with: Zachary Sklar
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1990 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Born on the Fourth of July
    Shared with: Ron Kovic
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1987 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Platoon
  • James Woods in Salvador (1986)
    1987 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Salvador
    Shared with: Richard Boyle

Empire Awards, UK

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    2000 Winner Movie Masterpiece Award
    • JFK
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1993 Winner Empire Award
    • Best Director
    • JFK

Bombay International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2010 Winner International Lifetime Achievement Award

Sarajevo Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2017 Winner Honorary Heart of Sarajevo

Marrakech International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2003 Winner Honorary Award of the Festival

Bangkok International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2004 Winner Golden Kinnaree Career Achievement Award

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Oliver Stone
    2022 Winner Honorary Award

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1993 Winner Readers' Choice Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • JFK

Mainichi Film Concours

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1993 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • JFK
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1993 Winner Readers' Choice Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • JFK

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1993 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • JFK

Transilvania International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2023 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Zurich Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2007 Winner A Tribute to... Award

Dubai International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2006 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Snowden (2016)
    2017 Winner Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
    • Snowden

Santa Fe International Film Festival

  • Oliver Stone
    2021 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Jupiter Award

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1993 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best International Film
    • JFK
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1993 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best International Director
    • JFK
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    1991 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best International Director
    • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)
    1988 Nominee Jupiter Award
    • Best International Film
    • Platoon

Online Film & Television Association

  • Oliver Stone
    2015 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Creative
  • Woody Harrelson in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
    1997 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • The People vs. Larry Flynt
    Shared with: Michael Hausman · Janet Yang
  • Woody Harrelson in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
    1997 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Drama Picture
    • The People vs. Larry Flynt
    Shared with: Michael Hausman · Janet Yang
  • Antonio Banderas and Madonna in Evita (1996)
    1997 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
    • Evita
    Shared with: Alan Parker

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in Natural Born Killers (1994)
    1994 Winner Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)
    • Honorable Mentions
    • Natural Born Killers
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1991 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Motion Picture
    • JFK
    Shared with: A. Kitman Ho
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1991 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Director
    • JFK
  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    1991 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • JFK
    Shared with: Zachary Sklar

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

  • Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, and Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)
    2004 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!)
    • Alexander
  • Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, and Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)
    2004 Nominee Stinker Award
    • Worst Screenplay
    • Alexander
    Shared with: Christopher Kyle · Laeta Kalogridis

Yoga Awards

  • World Trade Center (2006)
    2007 Winner Yoga Award
    • Worst Foreign Film
    • World Trade Center
  • Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, and Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)
    2006 Winner Yoga Award
    • Worst Foreign Director
    • Alexander
  • Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in Natural Born Killers (1994)
    1995 Winner Yoga Award
    • Worst Foreign Film
    • Natural Born Killers

20/20 Awards

  • Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)
    2012 Nominee Felix
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • JFK
    Shared with: Zachary Sklar
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    2010 Nominee Felix
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Born on the Fourth of July
    Shared with: Ron Kovic

Docville

  • Nuclear Now (2022)
    2023 Nominee National Lottery Prize
    • Best Scientific Documentary
    • Nuclear Now

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