When Edward J. Snowden leaked documents revealing a secret NSA global surveillance programme he opened the eyes of the world and closed the doors of his own future, giving up his career, his long-term girlfriend, and his country.
Oliver Stone is one of the most prolific and awarded North American directors. He won his first Academy Award for the screenplay of Alan Parker's Midnight Express (1978). He went on to win another three Academy Awards: Best Film and Best Director for Platoon (1986), and Best Director for Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He has also helmed classics like Salvador (1986), Wall Street (1987), JFK (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994), Nixon (1995), World Trade Center (2006) and Savages (2012). In 2012 he received the 60th Anniversary Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Festival.