Did Oliver Stone win any Oscars?

Answer 1

He has been nominated eleven times and has won three times. (Keep in mind the Awards were presented the year AFTER the films were made as the Awards are presented in February.) They are as follows: Midnight Express (1978), Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)<- WINNER; Platoon(1986), Directing <-WINNER and Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen); Salvador (1986), Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen); Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Directing <- WINNER, Best Picture and Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium); JFK (1991), Directing, Best Picture and Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) and Nixon (1995), Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen).

Answer 2

Oliver Stone's first of three Academy Awards was for writing the screenplay for "Midnight Express" (1978), adapted from the 1977 best seller by Billy Hayes. As a director, Stone won Oscars for "Platoon" (1986) and "Born On the Fourth of July" (1989).