Christopher Nolan
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.
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
(Self)
Heath Ledger: A Tribute
(Self)
These Amazing Shadows
(Self)
The Batmobile
(Self)
Side by Side
(Self)
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
(Self - Writer / Director, "Oppenheimer")
Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious
(Self)
Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
(Self - Director / Writer / Producer)
Batman Tech
(Self)
Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene
(Self)
The Science of Interstellar
(Self)
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
(Self)
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
(Self)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
(Self)
Tarantella
(Man in Black)
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
(Self)
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
(Self)
Cinema16: British Short Films
(Self - Commentary, Doodlebug (voice))
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
(Self)
Cinema Futures
(Self)
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
(Self)
Inside 'Interstellar'
(Self - Director / Co-Writer)
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
(Self)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
(Self)
Ending the Knight
(Self)
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
(Self)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
(Self (archive footage))
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale
(Self)
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’
(Self)
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
(Self)
Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld
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MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
(Self)
Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth
(Self)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
(Self)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
(Self / Presenter)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee)
The Colbert Report
(Self - Guest)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
(Self)
Thirteen Talks
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self - Guest)
The Dark Knight
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Memento
(Screenplay)
The Dark Knight
(Producer)
The Prestige
(Screenplay)
Tarantella
(Director of Photography)
Tarantella
(Editor)
Tarantella
(Writer)
Tarantella
(Director)
Tarantella
(Producer)
Following
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Following
(Screenplay)
Following
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Following
(Director of Photography)
Inception
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Doodlebug
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Doodlebug
(Editor)
The Dark Knight Rises
(Story)
The Dark Knight Rises
(Producer)
The Dark Knight Rises
(Screenplay)
Man of Steel
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Man of Steel
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Inception: The Cobol Job
(Characters)
Interstellar
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Transcendence
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Oppenheimer
(Director)
Oppenheimer
(Producer)
Oppenheimer
(Writer)
Inception
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Interstellar
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(Executive Producer)
Batman Begins
(Screenplay)
Cinema16: British Short Films
(Director)
Dunkirk
(Writer)
The Prestige
(Producer)
Dunkirk
(Producer)
Larceny
(Editor)
Larceny
(Producer)
Larceny
(Camera Operator)
Larceny
(Director)
Larceny
(Writer)
Quay
(Producer)
Doodlebug
(Set Designer)
Justice League
(Executive Producer)
Quay
(Director of Photography)
Quay
(Original Music Composer)
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
(Thanks)
Tenet
(Writer)
Tenet
(Producer)
Dunkirk
(Director)
Quay
(Director)
Tenet
(Director)
Interstellar
(Director)
Following
(Director)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
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Doodlebug
(Director of Photography)
Inception
(Director)
Batman Begins
(Director)
Insomnia
(Director)
Memento
(Director)
Doodlebug
(Director)
The Prestige
(Director)
The Dark Knight
(Director)
The Dark Knight
(Story)
The Doll's Breath
(Producer)
Quay
(Editor)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
(Executive Producer)
The Dark Knight Rises
(Director)
The Odyssey
(Director)
The Odyssey
(Writer)
The Odyssey
(Producer)
Fearville
(Camera Operator)
Domchilik
(Idea)
Sinners
(Thanks)
Quay
(Decorator)
The Draft!
(Thanks)
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
(Executive Producer)
Kill Your Future
(Chef)