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Oliver Stone · Arts & Literature

What

Oscar-winning director of Platoon, JFK and Born on the Fourth of July; partial Jewish ancestry through his father Louis (born Silverstein).

When

1946, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Oliver Stone is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Oscar-winning director of Platoon, JFK and Born on the Fourth of July; partial Jewish ancestry through his father Louis (born Silverstein).

How & why

Stone is an American film director and screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Director for 'Platoon' (1986) and again for 'Born on the Fourth of July', and wrote and directed 'JFK'. He has partial Jewish ancestry through his father, Louis Stone (born Silverstein), who was Jewish; his mother was a French Catholic, and Stone himself was raised Episcopalian.

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Oscar-winning director of Platoon, JFK and Born on the Fourth of July; partial Jewish ancestry through his father Louis (born Silverstein).

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