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Sir Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, he is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. Nolan's films have earned over $6 billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing film director of all time. His accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two British Academy Film Awards. Nolan was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2019, and received a knighthood 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) which landed him his first career Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He then transitioned into studio filmmaking with Insomnia (2002), and became a high-profile director with The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012). He found further success with his film about 18th century rival magicians titled The Prestige (2006), his "dream within dream" sci-fi heist film of Inception (2010) which landed him two more Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, his space-exploration film of Interstellar (2014), and his World War II evacuation film of Dunkirk (2017), where Nolan garnered another Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director. After the release of Tenet (2020), Nolan parted ways with longtime distributor Warner Bros. Pictures, and signed with Universal Pictures for the biographical thriller Oppenheimer (2023), which won him the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture.
Nolan's work regularly features in the listings of best films of their respective decades. Infused with a metaphysical outlook, his films 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. He has co-written several of his films with his brother, Jonathan, and runs the production company Syncopy Inc. with his wife, Emma Thomas.