Stone was born in New York City, New York, United States. He is the son of Elizabeth Burkit Cox and film Director Oliver Stone. His paternal grandmother was French. Grown up in the film-world he acted since childhood in his father’s films, including The Doors, JFK, Natural Born Killers, and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, before becoming a Director in his own right with Graystone, a movie based on Stone’s experiences of exploring haunted mental asylums.