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Oliver Stone: A master of cinema

By CBSNews.com CBSNews.com

February 21, 2011 / 1:07 PM EST / CBS News

Director Oliver Stone attends the premiere of "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, in New York. AP Photo/Evan Agostini

NEW YORK (CBS/AP)The Boulder International Film Festival has awarded the Master in Cinema award to multi-time Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone.

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Stone was presented with the award on the closing night of the Boulder International Film Festival.

Of the 31 Academy Award nominations he has received, Stone has taken home three Oscars, including two for best director in a motion picture and one for best adapted screenplay. His most recent work consists of "World Trade Center" (2006), "W." (2008) and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" (2010).