Oliver Stone is renowned as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary filmmaker. Born in 1946 in New York City, he served in the Vietnam War and received significant military honors for it. He began his career as screenwriter for films such as Midnight Express (1978), Conan the Barbarian (1982), and Scarface (1983). Stone rose to fame with Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), and Born on the Fourth of July (1989), winning three Oscars. He directed the controversial crime film Natural Born Killers (1994), as well as the presidential biopics Nixon (1995) and W. (2008). In JFK (1991), he challenged the official version of Kennedy’s assassination, while in his ambitious epic Alexander (2004), he explored the life of Alexander the Great. He is also known for political documentaries like South of the Border (2009) and the series The Untold History of the United States (2012). He is a symbol of controversy, innovation, and influence in Hollywood.
Robert Rob Wilson fell in love with documentary filmmaking while working on Oliver Stone’s 2003 portrait of Fidel Castro, Comandante. Soon after, he produced documentaries on iconic directors John Ford and Howard Hawks, and film on the planning and construction of Disneyland. In 2012, Rob produced Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, a ten-part documentary series