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Christopher Nolan

Also known as: Chris Nolan, Christopher Edward Nolan, Chris

Director • Producer • Screenplay • Writer • Executive Producer • Actor • Cinematographer • Editor

Born: July 30, 1970 in London, United Kingdom

About

Christopher Nolan is an award-winning filmmaker who has been recognized for his work as a director, writer and producer. After making his feature film debut with the 16mm, black-and-white indie Following (1999), Nolan wrote and directed Memento (2001), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Original Screenplay. Nolan directed Al Pacino in his next film, Insomnia (2002), and then began working on the acclaimed Dark Knight Trilogy: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Nolan`s other credits as a producer, writer and director include The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), for which he received nominations for Original Screenplay and Best Picture, Interstellar (2014) and Tenet (2020).

His 2017 film, Dunkirk, was produced through Syncopy Films, the production company run by Nolan and producer Emma Thomas. Dunkirk was nominated for eight academy awards, including a nomination for Nolan and Thomas for Best Film and a nomination for Nolan for Best Directing.

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David Fincher

Director

James Cameron

Director

Steven Spielberg

Actor

Cillian Murphy

Actor

Family

Emma Thomas

Spouse

Oliver Nolan

Son

Flora Nolan

Daughter

Christina Nolan

Mother

Brendan Nolan

Father

Jonathan Nolan

Brother

Matthew Francis Nolan

Brother

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Justice League 3-Film Collection

The Dark Knight Trilogy

Dark Knight Trilogy Collection

Tenet

Dunkirk

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Interstellar

Transcendence

Man of Steel

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Did You Know? (10)

Following was shot on weekends over the course of a year. To conserve film stock, each scene in the film was rehearsed extensively to ensure that the first or second take could be used in the final edit.

After Insomnia, Nolan planned a Howard Hughes biographical film starring Jim Carrey. He had written the screenplay, but when he learned that Martin Scorsese was making a Hughes biopic (2004's The Aviator), he reluctantly tabled his script and moved on to other projects.

Christopher Nolan turned down an offer to direct the historical epic Troy (2004)

Nolan started making films with his dad’s Super 8 camera from the age of 7 itself.

Christopher Nolan chose UCL as it had a filmmaking infrastructure comprised of a Steenbeck editing suite and 16mm film cameras.

Christopher Nolan has red and green color blindness.

Christopher Nolan prefers shooting on film stock over digital, and has been outspoken against the threat by studios to phase out the use of film as a choice over digital.

Dunkirk is the first Christopher Nolan movie that's based on a true story. It is also his first war movie. The filming took place in the same location where the real event transpired.

Dunkirk is composer Hans Zimmer's sixth Christopher Nolan film and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema's second (after Interstellar). It's also the fifth collaboration between actor Cillian Murphy and Nolan.

Christopher Nolan is known for his regular collaborations with actors like Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine and Christian Bale. Interestingly, Dunkirk is the first Nolan film since Insomnia (2002) which doesn't feature Michael Caine.

Personal Quotes (5)

"“there's a very limited pool of finance in the UK. To be honest, it's a very clubby kind of place ... Never had any support whatsoever from the British film industry.”"

"“I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.”"

"“Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.”"

"“Films are subjective - what you like, what you don't like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film go up on-screen, I want to feel that the people who made that film think it's the best movie in the world, that they poured everything into it and they really love it. Whether or not I agree with what they've done, I want that effort there-I want that sincerity. And when you don't feel it, that's the only time I feel like I'm wasting my time at the movies.”"

"[regarding his canceled Howard Hughes film] “Luckily I managed to find another wealthy, quirky character who's orphaned at a young age.”"

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