Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is a screenwriter, producer, and director of British-American films. His films have made over $5 billion worldwide and have received 11 Academy Awards nominations out of 36 total.

Nolan's films often explore human morality, the formation of time, and the flexible nature of memory and personal identity through epistemological and metaphysical themes. Mathematics-inspired imagery and concepts, unorthodox narrative structures, practical special effects, experimental soundscapes, large-format film photography, and materialistic attitudes are all present in his work. He and his brother Jonathan co-wrote several of his films, and he and his wife Emma Thomas manage the production business Syncopy Inc.

Nolan is up for five Academy Awards, five British Academy Film Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards as of 2021. His films have been nominated for 36 Academy Awards and have won 11 of them. In 2006, Nolan was designated an Honorary Fellow of UCL, and in 2017, he received an honorary doctorate in literature. He received a hand-and-footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles in 2012, making him the youngest filmmaker to do so. In 2015, Nolan was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world. In the 2019 New Year Honours, Nolan was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his contributions to film.

Born: 30 July 1970, Westminster, London, England