Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 30, 1970
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
Credits
76 titles
Christopher Nolan
Biography
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 including Tarantella (1989), Larceny (1996) and Doodlebug (1997) 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Odyssey
Director
The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic
Self - Director/Writer/Producer
Sinners
Thanks
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Executive Producer
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
Self
Domchilik
Idea
Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld
Selft
The Draft!
Thanks
The Spot
Thanks
Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth
Self
Oppenheimer
Director
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
Self - Director / Writer / Producer
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
Self - Writer / Director, "Oppenheimer"
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Executive Producer
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’
Self
Tenet
Writer
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
The Doll's Breath
Producer
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
Justice League
Executive Producer
Dunkirk
Writer
Cinema Futures
Self
Thirteen Talks
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Executive Producer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Quay
Producer
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
Inside 'Interstellar'
Self - Director / Co-Writer
The Science of Interstellar
Self
Interstellar
Producer
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Self
Transcendence
Executive Producer
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Self
Man of Steel
Producer
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
Ending the Knight
Self
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Self
Side by Side
Self
The Dark Knight Rises
Story
The Batmobile
Self
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Self
These Amazing Shadows
Self
Inception: The Cobol Job
Characters
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
Self