Christopher Nolan Biography
Christopher Edward Nolan is a British-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His directorial efforts have grossed more than US$5 billion worldwide, garnered 36 Oscar nominations and ten wins. The producer gained international recognition with his second film, Memento (2000), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for the Best Original Screenplay.
He transitioned from independent to studio filmmaking with Insomnia (2002), and found further critical and commercial success with The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), The prestige (2006), and Inception (2010), which received eight Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. This was followed by Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), and Tenet (2020). He earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director for his work on Dunkirk.
How old is Christopher Nolan? – Age
The British-American film director is 50 years old as of 30th July 2020. He was born in 1970 in Westminster, London, United States.
Who are Christopher Nolan Parents? – Father and Mother
The film director was raised in Highgate. His father, Brendan James Nolan, was a British advertising executive who worked as a creative director. His mother, Christina, was an American flight attendant who would later work as an English teacher.
Christopher Nolan brothers
The film director was raised with two siblings. He has an elder brother, Matthew, and a younger brother, Jonathan, also a filmmaker.
Who is Christopher Nolan Married to? – Spouse
The film director is a married man. He is married to Emma Thomas, whom he met at University College London when he was 19. She has worked as a producer on all of his films, and together they founded the production company Syncopy Inc. The couple have four children and reside in Los Angele, California. Namely; Flora Nolan, Magnus Nolan, Oliver Nolan and Rory Nolan.
Christopher Nolan Career
The film director feature directorial debut was the neo-noir crime thriller Following (1998) which was made on a shoestring budget of $6,000. Two years later, he directed psychological thriller Memento (2000) which starred Guy Pearce as a man suffering from anterograde amnesia searching for his wife’s killers. The film was his first collaboration with cinematographer Wally Pfister. Similar to his debut feature it had a non-linear narrative structure, and was his breakthrough film. It was acclaimed by critics and was a surprise commercial success.
For the film Nolan received his first nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing- Feature Film, and for writing its screenplay he was nominated for the Academy Award for the best Original screenplay.
He next directed the mystery thriller remake Insomnia (2002) which starred AI Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank. It was his first film for Warner Bros., and was a critical and commercial success.
In 2005, Nolan directed Warner Bros’ superhero film Batman Begins which starred Christian Bale and told an origin story of the title character. The following year, he directed psychological thriller The Prestige (2006) in which Bale and Hugh Jackman played rival 19th-century stage magicians.
The director next film was the sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, in which Bale reprised his role as Batman opposite Heath Ledger as the Joker. The film grossed a worldwide total of over $1 billion, and was the highest grossing of 2008. It received eight nominations at the 81st Academy Awards, and Nolan received his second nomination at the Directors Guild of America Awards.
In 2010, he directed the action film Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief who leads a team who steal information by entering a person’s subconscious. It was nominated for Best Film at the Academy Award, British Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and Golden Globe Awards, and Nolan received his third nomination at the Directors Guild of America Awards.
Two years later, he directed the sequel to The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises (2012), which grossed a worldwide total at the box office of over $1 billion. He followed this by producing Zack Snyder’s superhero film Man of Steel (2013) and directing the science fiction film Interstellar (2014), which starred Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain. It won the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
In 2017, Nolan directed the acclaimed war film Dunkirk, for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. He next directed the spy film Tenet (2020) starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki.
Nolan’s films are typically rooted in epistemological and metaphysical themes, exploring human morality, the construction of time, and the malleable nature of memory and personal identity. His work is permeated by 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. The director has received many awards and honours. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015, and in 2019, he was appointed Commander of the order of the British Empire for his services to film.
Christopher Nolan Net worth
The British-American film director has an estimated net worth of around $180 million dollars as of 2020.