Synopsis
Say the name Oliver Stone and you get a reaction. Once the firebrand voice of America’s radical left and the country’s most political filmmaker, he now finds himself in uncertain territory — his legacy hanging in the balance.
Oliver Stone: Chasing the Lie takes us inside the mind of a man obsessed with uncovering — and sometimes embodying — the contradictions of history. Through candid, unsparing interviews with a 79-year-old Stone, he finally tells his side of the story: his meteoric rise, Hollywood’s ambivalence, and the cost of refusing to trade truth for acceptance.
Led by filmmaker Audrey Rosenberg, whose rare, unguarded rapport with Stone began in 2017, the film peels back the layers of his myth — the soldier, the provocateur, the exile within his own industry. We’ll hear from his closest collaborators, his ex-wife and current wife, family, friends, and actors who have lived inside his vision.
Through a visceral blend of archival footage and iconic film moments, Chasing the Lie revisits a body of work that redefined American cinema — while confronting the shadows it left behind. Has Stone’s fury at American hypocrisy taken him too far? Is the same defiance that made him essential now his undoing?
This is not just a story about the power of cinema. It’s a battle for the soul of one of the most iconic filmmakers of our time.
Key Personnel
Audrey Rosenberg – Director / Producer
Audrey Rosenberg is a Peabody-Award-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker known for her ability to cultivate talent, develop material and champion projects from inception through to release. She has shifted her focus from creative producing to writing and directing in both the documentary and narrative space. This change has been an organic one and is long overdue.
Audrey co-founded Invisible Pictures, a NY-based woman-led production company. For Invisible, Audrey was lead producer and co-writer on the award-winning HBO Original documentary KATRINA BABIES that premiered at Tribeca 2022 in competition and aired on HBO August 2022. She produced the award-winning film BULL, which premiered at Cannes 2019, Executive Produced the series SOUL CITY (with directors Coodie&Chike) which premiered on Topic in April 2020, and produced the feature LONG WEEKEND, which was released by Sony in March 2021. Audrey is an EP on Sandi Dubowski’s highly anticipated SABBATH QUEEN which world premiered at Tribeca 2024 and has had a worldwide theatrical release.
Other credits include EP (with Steven Soderbergh) on the Emmynominated HBO documentary HIS WAY, and EP on HBO’s Emmy-winning BY THE PEOPLE: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA (with Edward Norton). Audrey was part of the producing team on Douglas McGrath’s INFAMOUS (starring Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, and Toby Jones). She produced Sean Gullette’s award-winning feature, TRAITORS, Co-EP’d Dawn Porter’s awardwinning TRAPPED and was Consulting Producer for Raoul Peck’s multi-award winning and Academy-Award nominated I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO.
Audrey’s films have been exhibited at prestigious festivals including Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto, Telluride. She is a member of the Television Academy, Producer’s United, and serves proudly on the board of New York Women In Film and Television.
Matthew Libatique – Cinematographer
Matthew Libatique is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on the films PI (1998), REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000), THE FOUNTAIN (2006), BLACK SWAN (2010), NOAH (2014) and MOTHER! (2017), CAUGHT STEALING (2025). He also shot Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut film, A STAR IS BORN (2018) and his film MAESTRO (2023). Spike Lee collaborated with Matty on Inside Man and the upcoming HIGHEST TO LOWEST (2025). As of 2024, he has contributed with the cinematography of three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: BLACK SWAN (2010), A STAR IS BORN (2018) and MAESTRO (2023). Libatique also worked as a cinematographer on the films TIGERLAND (2000), PHONE BOOTH (2002), IRON MAN (2008), IRON MAN 2 (2010) and VENOM (2018).He has received two Academy Awards nominations for Best Achievement in Cinematography, one for BLACK SWAN and the other for A STAR IS BORN.
Gabriel Rhodes – Editor
Gabriel Rhodes’ feature documentary credits include GAUCHO GAUCHO (2024 Sundance Special Jury Prize), TIME (2021 Oscar nomination & Cinema Eye Award for Best Editing), THE FIRST WAVE (2022 Best Editing Emmy & Oscar Shortlist), MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A. (2018 Special Jury Prize Sundance), NEWTOWN, THE WITNESS (2017 Oscar Shortlist), 1971, and THE TILLMAN STORY (2010 Oscar Shortlist). His work has premiered at Sundance, Cannes, NY Film Festival, Tribeca and many other festivals. He received his Master’s degree in documentary film from Stanford University in 2000. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and lives in Brooklyn NY with his wife and two sons.
