Christopher Nolan is an Oscar-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.

Nolan`s next film was the science fiction film Tenet (2020), Nolan had worked on the screenplay for more than five years after deliberating about its central ideas for over a decade. Nolan`s 12th film was Oppenheimer (2023), a biopic based on J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy) and his role in the development of the atom bomb. Oppenheimer grossed over $960 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2023. Among the film`s numerous accolades, Nolan won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture.