Christopher Nolan
- film director
- screenwriter
- film producer
- writer
- camera operator
- film actor
- executive producer
- film editor
- cinematographer
- director
- producer
- film screenwriter
- Born 1970-07-30 (age 56)
- Nationality United Kingdom, United States
- Years active 1988–present
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Filmography
See full filmography| Role | ||||
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| 2026 | The Odyssey | Movie | director | 56 |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Movie | director | 53 |
| 2020 | Tenet | Movie | director | 50 |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Movie | director | 47 |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Movie | director | 44 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Movie | director | 42 |
| 2010 | Inception | Movie | director | 40 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Movie | director | 38 |
| 2006 | The Prestige | Movie | director | 36 |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Movie | director | 35 |
| 2002 | Insomnia | Movie | director | 32 |
| 2000 | Memento | Movie | director | 30 |
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1970 age 0
Born1998 age 28
2000 age 30
2002 age 32
2005 age 35
2006 age 36
2008 age 38
2010 age 40
2012 age 42
2013 age 43
2014 age 44
2016 age 46
2017 age 47
2020 age 50
2023 age 53
2026 age 56
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Quotes
When you think of the visual style, when you think of the visual language of a film there tends to be a natural separation of the visual style and the narrative elements, but with the great, whether it is Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick or Hitchcock what you're seeing is inseparable, a vital relationship between the images and the story he's telling.
Christopher Nolan, CC BY-SA 4.0
What I try to do is write from the inside out. I really try to jump into the world of the film and the characters, try to imagine myself in that world rather than imagining it as a film I’m watching onscreen. Sometimes, that means I’m discovering things the way the audience will, with character and story. Other times, you’re plotting it out with diagrams and taking a very objective view. Writing, for me, is a combination of both. You take an objective approach at times to get you through things, and you take a subjective approach at other times, and that allows you to find an emotional experience for the audience.
Christopher Nolan, CC BY-SA 4.0
With The Dark Knight you had to strike a balance of familiarity with the audience. It is a sequel, and they want familiar elements, things they liked from the first film. But you always have to be very aware that the audience is extremely ruthless in its demand for newness, novelty and freshness. At script stage, we really tried to thrash that out—are we striking that right balance?
Christopher Nolan, CC BY-SA 4.0
The ultimate embodiment of Bruce Wayne. He has exactly the balance of darkness and light that we were looking for.
Christopher Nolan, CC BY-SA 4.0
I do a lot of my best thinking in those kind of in-between moments that people now fill with online activity.
Christopher Nolan, CC BY-SA 4.0
But remember, I spent ten years dealing with Batman.
Christopher Nolan, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Facts
- Nationalities
- United Kingdom, United States
- Languages
- English
- Years active
- 1988–
- Education
- Haileybury and Imperial Service College, University College London