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Christopher Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American filmmaker whose concept-driven epics have reshaped the modern studio blockbuster. Renowned for structurally intricate storytelling, large-format cinematography, and practical effects, he is widely regarded as a defining director of the 21st century. His films have grossed over $6.6 billion worldwide and earned him two Academy Awards, two BAFTAs, and a Golden Globe. He was appointed CBE in 2019 and knighted in 2024 for services to film. Raised between London and Evanston, Illinois, Nolan began making Super 8 shorts as a child, later studying English literature at University College London, where he ran the Film Society and met his producer and future wife, Emma Thomas; together they founded Syncopy Inc. After shorts like Doodlebug, he self-financed his micro-budget debut Following (1998), then broke through with the reverse-told amnesia noir Memento (2000). Studio work followed with Insomnia (2002) and then Batman Begins (2005), which launched a grounded superhero trilogy completed by The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Between and after those, he mounted original tentpoles—The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), and the triptych survival drama Dunkirk (2017), which earned his first Best Director nomination. Nolan’s films interrogate time, memory, identity, ethics, and knowledge—sneaking metaphysics into genre frames (noir, heist, war, biopic). Hallmarks include nonlinear or braided timelines, precision cross-cutting, mathematically inflected imagery, practical/in-camera spectacle augmented by visual effects, experimental soundscapes, and a steadfast preference for celluloid (65mm/IMAX) and theatrical exhibition. A frequent collaborator with Jonathan Nolan (co-writer), Emma Thomas (producer), and craftspeople such as Wally Pfister, Hoyte van Hoytema, Lee Smith, and Hans Zimmer, he also advocates globally for film preservation and exhibition, curating restorations and convening archivists to champion photochemical cinema. After the time-bending espionage of Tenet (2020), Nolan departed Warner Bros. and partnered with Universal on Oppenheimer (2023), a morally dense biopic that won him the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. He is re-teaming with Universal on The Odyssey (scheduled for 2026), an IMAX-shot adaptation of Homer’s epic. In 2025 he was elected President of the Directors Guild of America. Nolan lives in Los Angeles with Thomas and their four children, continuing to pair popular spectacle with intellectual ambition while championing the artistry—and communal ritual—of seeing movies on film, in cinemas.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1970-07-30
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 7.6
- info Birth Place Westminster, London, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Christopher Nolan
7.5
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
2008-07-15
10
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
2009-06-01
7.4
These Amazing Shadows
2011-01-22
6.8
The Batmobile
2012-07-16
7.3
Side by Side
2012-08-19
7.7
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
2023-07-09
7.1
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
2010-12-07
6.6
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
2023-07-15
7
Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene
2008-07-15
7.4
Batman Tech
2008-07-21
6.9
The Science of Interstellar
2014-11-13
9
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
2007-02-20
5.7
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013-01-15
6.9
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013-09-24
5.2
Tarantella
1989-09-12
7.7
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014-11-05
7.2
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022-10-16
4.6
Cinema16: British Short Films
2003-05-05
6
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2012-11-30
6.2
Cinema Futures
2016-09-02
6.6
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011-10-11
6.9
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015-03-31
7.1
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006-07-18
6.8
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019-10-25
7.2
Ending the Knight
2012-12-04
8.1
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020-08-18
6.9
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010-11-09
8.5
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
2021-05-05
4.5
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’
2020-12-15
8.1
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
2025-02-19
0
Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld
2024-02-10
6.7
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015-04-20
8
Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth
2023-08-03
7.7
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023-05-25
8.1
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992-06-10
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20
7
The Colbert Report
2005-10-17
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08
7.1
The Oscars
1953-03-19
6.8
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018-04-29
8.8
Thirteen Talks
2016-05-17
movie_edit Directing
8.8
Memento
2000-10-11
8.8
The Dark Knight
2008-07-16
8.8
The Dark Knight
2008-07-16
8.8
The Prestige
2006-10-17
8.8
Tarantella
1989-09-12
8.8
Tarantella
1989-09-12
8.8
Tarantella
1989-09-12
8.8
Tarantella
1989-09-12
8.8
Tarantella
1989-09-12
8.8
Following
1999-05-06
8.8
Following
1999-05-06
8.8
Following
1999-05-06
8.8
Following
1999-05-06
8.8
Inception
2010-07-15
8.8
Doodlebug
1997-01-01
8.8
Doodlebug
1997-01-01
8.8
The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17
8.8
The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17
8.8
The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17
8.8
Man of Steel
2013-06-12
8.8
Man of Steel
2013-06-12
8.8
Inception: The Cobol Job
2010-12-07
8.8
Interstellar
2014-11-05
8.8
Transcendence
2014-04-16
8.8
Oppenheimer
2023-07-19
8.8
Oppenheimer
2023-07-19
8.8
Oppenheimer
2023-07-19
8.8
Inception
2010-07-15
8.8
Interstellar
2014-11-05
8.8
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016-03-23
8.8
Batman Begins
2005-06-10
8.8
Cinema16: British Short Films
2003-05-05
8.8
Dunkirk
2017-07-19
8.8
The Prestige
2006-10-17
8.8
Dunkirk
2017-07-19
8.8
Larceny
1996-07-14
8.8
Larceny
1996-07-14
8.8
Larceny
1996-07-14
8.8
Larceny
1996-07-14
8.8
Larceny
1996-07-14
8.8
Quay
2015-08-19
8.8
Doodlebug
1997-01-01
8.8
Justice League
2017-11-15
8.8
Quay
2015-08-19
8.8
Quay
2015-08-19
8.8
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
2023-07-09
8.8
Tenet
2020-08-22
8.8
Tenet
2020-08-22
8.8
Dunkirk
2017-07-19
8.8
Tenet
2020-08-22
8.8
Interstellar
2014-11-05
8.8
Inception
2010-07-15
8.8
Quay
2015-08-19
8.8
The Dark Knight
2008-07-16
8.8
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007-09-25
8.8
Batman Begins
2005-06-10
8.8
The Prestige
2006-10-17
8.8
Insomnia
2002-05-24
8.8
Memento
2000-10-11
8.8
Following
1999-05-06
8.8
Doodlebug
1997-01-01
8.8
Doodlebug
1997-01-01
8.8
The Dark Knight
2008-07-16
8.8
The Doll's Breath
2019-09-11
8.8
Quay
2015-08-19
8.8
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021-03-18
8.8
The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17
8.8
The Odyssey
2026-07-15
8.8
The Odyssey
2026-07-15
8.8
The Odyssey
2026-07-15
8.8
Fearville
1997-01-01
8.8
Domchilik
2024-07-07
8.8
Sinners
2025-04-16
8.8
Quay
2015-08-19