Academy award winning film director Oliver Stone, poses after receiving an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh on July 4, 2017, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The filmmaker was awarded a degree of Doctor Honoris Causa in recognition of his prominent and politically engaging career in film. He has won three Academy Awards, as Best Director for his Vietnam War dramas Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and for Best Adapted Screenplay, as writer of Midnight Express.

Academy award winning film director Oliver Stone, poses after receiving an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh on July 4, 2017, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The filmmaker was awarded a degree of Doctor Honoris Causa in recognition of his prominent and politically engaging career in film. He has won three Academy Awards, as Best Director for his Vietnam War dramas Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and for Best Adapted Screenplay, as writer of Midnight Express.