Christopher Nolan

Known for DirectingBorn 1970-07-30 (age 55)Westminster, London, England, UK

Sir Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. As a significant auteur of his generation, he has established himself as a major figure of 21st-century Hollywood. His films have earned over $6 billion worldwide, making him the seventh highest-grossing film director of all time. Nolan's accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and two British Academy Film Awards. He was appointed as a CBE in 2019 and was knighted in 2024 for his contributions to film. Nolan developed an interest in filmmaking from a young age. After studying English literature at University College London, he made several short films before his feature film debut with Following (1998). Nolan gained international recognition with his second film, Memento (2000), and transitioned into studio filmmaking with Insomnia (2002). He became a high-profile director with The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012). He found further success with The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) and Dunkirk (2017). After the release of Tenet (2020), Nolan parted ways with longtime distributor Warner Bros. Pictures. He signed with Universal Pictures for Oppenheimer (2023), which won him Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. Three of Nolan's films have been inducted into the National Film Registry. Infused with a metaphysical outlook, his works thematise epistemology, existentialism, ethics, the construction of time and the malleable nature of memory and personal identity. They feature mathematically inspired images and concepts, unconventional narrative structures, practical special effects, experimental soundscapes, large-format film photography and materialistic perspectives. His enthusiasm for the use and preservation of traditional film stock has also garnered significant attention. He has co-written several of his films with his brother, Jonathan. He runs the production company Syncopy Inc. with his wife, Emma Thomas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Nolan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Thirteen Talks

The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

Interstellar

The Dark Knight

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

Inception

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Zack Snyder's Justice League

The Prestige

Oppenheimer

Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

Memento

MTV Movie & TV Awards

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

100 Years of Warner Bros.

The Dark Knight Rises

Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey

Batman Begins

Sinners

Dunkirk

Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight

These Amazing Shadows

Batman Tech

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Tenet

Side by Side

Inception: The Cobol Job

Ending the Knight

Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

Following

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene

Inside 'Interstellar'

The Science of Interstellar

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Insomnia

The Colbert Report

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

The Batmobile

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Man of Steel

Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer