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.