Under the AFL's collective bargaining agreement, players make $830 per game, meaning members of the Power earn $14,940, before taxes, in an 18-game regular season that spans four months. They also have the option to rent a subsidized apartment for $150 a month, an amenity that used to be free.
As a director, Stone achieved prominence as director/writer of the war drama Platoon (1986), for which Stone won the Academy Award for Best Director; the film was awarded Best Picture.
This is a back-to-back win for IÃ±Ã¡rritu, who won multiple awards including best director for âBirdmanâ last year. Heâs only the third director to win successive awards in this category (sharing the honor with John Ford and Joseph L. Mankiewicz).