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From directing Charlie Sheen in Wall Street to hanging out with Fidel Castro: Oliver Stone on his life and career in photographs

Pictured top right: We built the set on Wall Street itself for the view out of the windows - it was very expensive!

27/04/13 21:00

He's the Hollywood's maverick who has never shied away from controversy, from his time serving in Vietnam (aged 21, main picture) to spending time with the Cuban leader (pictured bottom left), here he premieres his favourite pictures....read

Niece of Fidel Castro DENIED permission to visit U.S. to receive gay activism award
26/04/13 06:15
Known for her work with gay rights, Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuba's president Raul Castro, was denied permission to attend a Philadelphia event next week.
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When Diego met Fidel... Maradona continues whistle-stop tour with Cuba visit
16/04/13 10:36
Diego Maradona has paid a visit to retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro as he continues his tour of South America. The 52-year-old's latest stop saw him meet the former head of the communist state.
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Get in shape with the Fidel Castro diet!
10/04/13 21:55
Another day, another dieting breakthrough. The latest revelation is triggered by research suggesting that when Cuba was hit by food shortages, the average Cuban lost around 10 lbs in weight, writes CRAIG BROWN.
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Communists who tore down a government - then went for a nice game of golf: Rare pictures Castro and Che Guevara tweaking Eisenhower's tail
28/02/13 12:09
The 55 black-and-white snaps are the first set of prints made by Alberta Korda from the original negatives he shot of the Cuban leader and Marxist revolutionary in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Former Cuba leader Fidel Castro makes rare appearance to cast vote in elections branded 'closed' and 'perfunctory'
04/02/13 06:25
Retired former leader Fidel Castro, who appears in public only occasionally now since he fell ill in 2006, was among those voting in Havana yesterday.
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Frail Fidel Castro greets Argentinian president on mercy mission to meet cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez
14/01/13 05:41
A frail Fidel Castro has been pictured welcoming Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez as she visits the cancer-stricken Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez while he recovers from surgery.
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Castro fights back at health claims with newspaper editorial (and a picture to prove he is still around to write it)
21/10/12 18:41
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (pictured) has hit back at rumours that he is on his deathbed by revealing he does not even suffer from headaches.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro 'has suffered a massive stroke and has just weeks to live'
19/10/12 17:02
Venezuelan doctor Jose Rafael Marquina has claimed the 86-year-old is in a vegetative state and is 'moribund' at a house in western Havana.
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Doodles of the Liberty Bell and a CIA document outlining a Mafia plan to assassinate Fidel Castro: Newly released RFK documents shed light on Cold War
12/10/12 00:24
The National Archives and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library released seven boxes of documents Robert F. Kennedy compiled as attorney general ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis.
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Fidel Castro turns 86 – but reclusive Cuban leader is not having a public celebration
14/08/12 16:28
He may not have showed up for the party, but that did not stop the rest of Cuba celebrating Fidel Castro's 86th birthday yesterday.
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Fidel Castro was a 'supreme, unchallenged spymaster whose double agents duped the CIA for decades', according to new book
28/05/12 16:06
According to the book Castro's Secrets, the CIA and Cuba's Intelligence Machine written by Brian Latell, pictured, it was not until a Cuban spy defected to the U.S. Embassy in Vienna did they realize the extent.
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'The pain and suffering caused by Fidel Castro cannot be minimized': Florida Marlins suspend their manager for praising retired Cuban leader
10/04/12 17:31
The Miami Marlins baseball team suspended manager Ozzie Guillen on Tuesday for five games after he praised Cuba's Fidel Castro in a magazine interview.
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'There is nothing to respect about Fidel Castro': Miami Marlins manager apologises for saying he loves the dictator
08/04/12 18:38
Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen apologized on Saturday for telling a magazine that he loves Fidel Castro, a comment that prompted to team the issue a statement denouncing the Cuban dictator.
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Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday at Pope's request... 53 years after Fidel Castro banned religious holidays
01/04/12 08:52
Benedict requested the holiday as part of Easter celebrations during a meeting with President Raul Castro in Havana on Tuesday, the Vatican said.
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Pope Benedict hits out at US for maintaining 53-year-old trade embargo after meeting with Fidel Castro in Cuba
28/03/12 03:38
Pope Benedict has shown sympathy for longtime dictator Fidel Castro as he rounds off his visit to the island, hitting out at the US trade blockade imposed after Cuba's Communist revolution.
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How to make yourself look healthy: Stand next to Fidel Castro (well, it works for Hugo Chavez)
23/06/11 16:50
After a spell in hospital in Havana, supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez have tried to dispel rumours that he is seriously ill by having him pose with revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and his brother Raul, the Cuban leader.
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Fidel Castro resigns from top leadership of Cuban communist party after regime changes
19/04/11 15:59
The unprecedented news follows his brother Raul's announcement yesterday that senior officials - including himself - should only be in power for a maximum of 10 years.
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Castro says, 'I quit five years ago': Cuban revolutionary claims he resigned as Communist Party leader in 2006
22/03/11 18:18
Castro was believed to have still held the post and it is the first time the 84-year-old has said he no longer heads the movement.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops plot allowing players to assassinate Fidel Castro causes outrage in Cuba
11/11/10 13:23
Call of Duty: Black Ops - which went on sale in the UK this week - allows players to assassinate a young Castro before the 1962 missile crisis.
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Fidel Castro says French President Nicolas Sarkozy is 'too crazy to be trusted with the launch codes of nuclear bombs'
14/09/10 15:28
The ex-communist dictator said a briefcase containing the codes for more than 300 atomic weapons never left Mr Sarkozy's side.
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Now Comrade Castro admits Cuban economic system 'doesn't work'
09/09/10 08:46
Raul Castro, the country's president has made a similar blunt assessment a number of times before, but his revolutionary leader brother had not until now.
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Fidel Castro admits Cuban Missile Crisis 'wasn't worth it at all'
08/09/10 13:03
The former Cuban leader, 84, criticised the Iranian President for his anti-Semitic attitudes while questioning his own actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
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Osama Bin Laden 'is a bought and paid for CIA agent' claims Cuban leader Fidel Castro
27/08/10 18:44
The Cuban leader has said that the terrorist mastermind always popped up when former US President George W Bush needed to scare the world.
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Back in fatigues: Fidel Castro returns to public duty to celebrate Cuba's Revolution Day
27/07/10 08:52
Castro made a string of impromptu appearances by laying a wreath at a memorial to Cuban independence hero Jose Marti at Havana's Revolution Plaza and later met with Cuban artists and intellectuals.
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Cuba's most active OAP: Now Fidel Castro goes to aquarium with Che Guevara's daughter
16/07/10 10:46
The 83-year-old former president fraternised with aquarium employees and watched a dolphin show accompanied by Celia Guevara March.
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Smiling Fidel Castro seen in public for first time since 2006
12/07/10 10:57
Photographs posted on a state-run blog showed a smiling, healthy-looking Castro, 83, wearing a Nike tracksuit as he talked with science facility directors.
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Fidel Castro on Twitter? Delighted Chavez urges Cuban revolutionary to join after he gains 106,000 fans in two days
30/04/10 09:46
Chavez opened his own Twitter account this week and was clearly delighted to have gathered 106,000 followers in two days.
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Fidel Castro claims relaxation of travel restrictions to Cuba has led to more swine flu on island
The 83-year-old president claimed in state-controlled newspapers that many of Cuba's early cases of the virus were visitors from the U.S.
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The dictator and his lover: Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro in rare pictures with the wife 30 years his junior
It is the first time 84-year-old Castro has been shown in a wheelchair since he had emergency surgery in 2006. The former Cuban dictator was pictured meeting Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega last year.
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Fidel Castro hints he won't live to see the end of Barack Obama's first term
Fidel Castro says he doubts he will survive beyond Barack Obama’s four year term in office - despite being pictured this week looking healthier than he has done in months.
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Fidel Castro accuses Brown of being racist against Obama
Fidel Castro has outrageously accused Gordon Brown of being prejudiced against Barack Obama because he is black.
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Comrades in arms: When China's President Hu met a frail Fidel Castro
Chinese President Hu Jintao met his communist ally Fidel Castro in one of the former Cuban leader’s few public outings since he retired in February due to health problems.
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<strong>Video</strong> transcript of frail Fidel Castro
Cuban state television on Monday aired the first video of Fidel Castro since he stepped down as president to recover from surgery, showing the bedridden Cuban leader joking with his brother and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
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Fidel Castro loses his right-hand-man as Juan Almeida Bosque dies from heart attack
Juan Almeida Bosque, a comrade-in-arms of Fidel Castro since the start of his guerrilla struggle more than a half-century ago, has died of a heart attack.
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Fidel Castro appears on TV looking fit and healthy to quell rumours of illness
Fidel Castro, who has mostly been out of public view for the past three years, was shown on Sunday smiling and chatting with Venezuelan students in a video of their three-hour meeting the day before.
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Fidel Castro appears on TV for first time in three months
Fidel Castro has made his first TV appearance in more than three months, scotching speculation that his death had been covered up by Cuban officials
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