--- description: Filmmaker Oliver Stone will direct a movie about the experiences of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. title: Oliver Stone Will Direct Film on Edward Snowden image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba5248f8a47d1d39/698695d613c79fb63819276f/oliver-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oliver Stone Will Direct Film on Edward Snowden  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2014 5:38 PM CUT  Film director Oliver Stone is interviewed during a press conference as part of the 4th Beijing International Film Festival on April 16, 2014 in Beijing. Film director Oliver Stone is interviewed during a press conference as part of the 4th Beijing International Film Festival on April 16, 2014 in Beijing.ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2014 5:38 PM CUT Filmmaker Oliver Stone will direct a movie about the [experiences of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/02/edward-snowden-nsa-film-oliver-stone?CMP=twt%5Fgu "undefined"), who leaked troves of documents about American surveillance activities. The film, produced by longtime Stone partner Moritz Borman, will be based on “The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Want Man,” by Guardian journalist Luke Harding, the _Guardian_ reports. Snowden leaked the documents to Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald in June 2013. The film would be Stone’s latest take on a contemporary political issue after pictures like _W._ and _Nixon_, and is likely to spawn plenty of controversy. “This is one of the greatest stories of our time,” Stone said in a statement. Shooting is scheduled to begin before the end of the year. \[[_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/02/edward-snowden-nsa-film-oliver-stone?CMP=twt%5Fgu "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2809832/oliver-stone-will-direct-film-on-edward-snowden/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2809832/oliver-stone-will-direct-film-on-edward-snowden/"},"headline":"Oliver Stone Will Direct Film on Edward Snowden","datePublished":"2014-06-02T17:38:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:10:04.902Z","description":"Stone will direct an adaptation of a book on the Snowden leaks by a journalist at The Guardian","url":"https://time.com/2809832/oliver-stone-will-direct-film-on-edward-snowden/","keywords":["movies","Hollywood","Edward Snowden"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba5248f8a47d1d39/698695d613c79fb63819276f/oliver-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba5248f8a47d1d39/698695d613c79fb63819276f/oliver-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Beijing International Film Festival - Director Oliver Stone Interview","caption":"2014 Beijing International Film Festival - Director Oliver Stone Interview","creditText":"ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2809832/oliver-stone-will-direct-film-on-edward-snowden/","name":"Oliver Stone Will Direct Film on Edward Snowden"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Snowden Speaks: “There Are Some Things Worth Dying For”","description":"The man responsible for the largest security breach in U.S. history says he had no choice, and he did it for his country. 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