Christopher Nolan

Sir Christopher Nolan CBE
Nolan in 2018
Born	Christopher Edward Nolan (1970-07-30) 30 July 1970 (age 53) London, England
Citizenship	United Kingdom United States
Alma mater	University College London
Occupations	Film director producer screenwriter
Years active	1993–present
Works	Filmography cinematic style
Title	Co-founder of Syncopy Inc.
Board member of	The Film Foundation
Spouse	Dame Emma Thomas ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	4
Relatives	Jonathan Nolan (brother) John Nolan (uncle)
Awards	Full list

Sir Christopher Edward Nolan CBE (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American director, producer and screenwriter. He often works with his brother, author Jonathan Nolan. Nolan rose to prominence for directing the psychological thriller Memento, and for reviving the Batman movie franchise as the director of The Dark Knight Trilogy. Each of them are Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). He is also the founder of the production company, Syncopy Films through which his movies Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020) and Oppenheimer (2023) were released.

For directing Oppenheimer, he won an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for Best Direction.

In July 2012, Nolan became the youngest director to be honored with a hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.^[1]

1. ↑ "Chris Nolan Receives Rare Hollywood Honor". deadline.com. Retrieved 2012-07-12.