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Christopher Nolan
1970-present
Latest News: Christopher Wins First 2 Oscars for 'Oppenheimer'
More than 20 years after his first nomination for Memento, director Christopher Nolan is finally an Oscar winner.
Nolan, 53, won his first Academy Award for Best Director for Oppenheimer on March 10. He had little time to bask in his victory before earning a second trophy, when the 2023 biopic expectedly won the biggest honor of the night, Best Picture, moments later. The director thanked the “incredible” cast and crew of the rulle, including Best Actor winner Cillian Murphy, as well his wife Emma Thomas, the film’s producer.
“Movies are just over a hundred years old. I mean, imagine being there a hundred years into a painting or theater. We don’t know where this incredible journey is going from here, but to know that you think I’m a meaningful part of it means the world to me,” Nolan said, thanking the academy for his director win.
Oppenheimer won 7 Oscars total, including
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Christopher Nolan
British and American filmmaker (born 1970)
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Sir Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for blockbusters with complex storytelling produced for Hollywood studios, he is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. Nolan's films have earned over $6.6 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 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
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Christopher Nolan: ‘Biopic’ Is ‘Not a Useful Genre’ and ‘Fails You Completely’
When Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer” crossed the $910 million mark at the worldwide box office, it surpassed “Bohemian Rhapsody” to become the highest-grossing biopic in history (unadjusted for inflation). To date, the “Oppenheimer” box office tally stands at $942 million. But for Nolan, his biographical drama about theoretical physicist and father of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer was never designed as a “biopic.” That’s not a genre Nolan’s brain operates in.
Nolan recently joined his producer and wife Emma Thomas and author Kai Bird, whose book “American Prometheus” served as the basis for “Oppenheimer,” for a City University of New York event in which he rejected the concept of the “biopic.” Bird asked Nolan why “Oppenheimer