Christopher Nolan
British and American filmmaker
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| 2025 | Expected to begin filming The Odyssey in the United Kingdom, Morocco, and the Aeolian Islands in Sicily, with an estimated budget of $250 million. |
| 2025 | Expected to begin filming The Odyssey in the United Kingdom, Morocco, and the Aeolian Islands in Sicily, with an estimated budget of $250 million. |
| 2024 | Nolan received the British Film Institute Fellowship in recognition of his extraordinary achievements and enormous contribution to cinema. |
| 2024 | Nolan was honored with the Honorary César award from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma for continually pushing the boundaries of storytelling. |
| 2024 | Nolan received the British Film Institute Fellowship in recognition of his extraordinary achievements and enormous contribution to cinema. |
| 2024 | Nolan was honored with the Honorary César award from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma for continually pushing the boundaries of storytelling. |
| December 2024 | Universal Pictures announced Nolan's upcoming film The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer's epic poem, scheduled for release in July 2026. |
| December 2024 | Universal Pictures announced Nolan's upcoming film The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer's epic poem, scheduled for release in July 2026. |
| March 2024 | Nolan was made a knight bachelor for his contributions to film, while his wife Emma Thomas received a damehood. |
| March 2024 | Nolan was made a knight bachelor for his contributions to film, while his wife Emma Thomas received a damehood. |
| 2023 | Nolan signed with Universal Pictures for the biographical thriller 'Oppenheimer', which won him Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. |
| 2023 | Nolan was awarded the Federation of American Scientists' Public Service Award for his depiction of scientists in his film Oppenheimer. |
| 2023 | Christopher Nolan released the film 'Oppenheimer', which focuses on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb. |
| 2023 | Nolan was awarded the Federation of American Scientists' Public Service Award for his depiction of scientists in his film Oppenheimer. |
| 2023 | Christopher Nolan released the film 'Oppenheimer', which focuses on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb. |
| 2023 | Nolan signed with Universal Pictures for the biographical thriller 'Oppenheimer', which won him Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. |
| 2022 | Parade ranked Nolan number eight in its list of 75 Best Movie Directors of All Time. |
| 2022 | Parade ranked Nolan number eight in its list of 75 Best Movie Directors of All Time. |
| 2021 | Nolan's production company filed a copyright infringement claim to have a posted copy of Tarantella removed from an online platform. |
| 2021 | Nolan served as an executive producer on Zack Snyder's 'Justice League', a director's cut of the 2017 film 'Justice League'. |
| 2021 | Nolan served as an executive producer on Zack Snyder's 'Justice League', a director's cut of the 2017 film 'Justice League'. |
| 2021 | Nolan's production company filed a copyright infringement claim to have a posted copy of Tarantella removed from an online platform. |
| January 18 2021 | Signed a petition calling on UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak to provide funding for struggling movie theaters. |
| 2020 | Christopher Nolan released the science fiction film 'Tenet', which was delayed three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic and became the first Hollywood tent-pole to open in theatres after the pandemic shutdown. |
| 2020 | Nolan released 'Tenet' and subsequently parted ways with Warner Bros. Pictures. |
| 2020 | Richard Newby of The Hollywood Reporter noted a shift in Nolan's thematic focus, observing that his concept of 'balancing scales' became less individualistic and more globally aware, emphasizing legacy, justice, and preserving the future for upcoming generations. |
| 2020 | For Tenet, Nolan works with Ludwig Göransson to create a unique soundscape, including using Nolan's own breathing manipulated into a villainous character's sound, further highlighting his experimental approach to film music. |
| 2020 | Christopher Nolan released the science fiction film 'Tenet', which was delayed three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic and became the first Hollywood tent-pole to open in theatres after the pandemic shutdown. |
| 2020 | Nolan released 'Tenet' and subsequently parted ways with Warner Bros. Pictures. |
| September 30 2020 | Signed a letter to Washington lawmakers calling for federal government support for the film industry. |
| March 21 2020 | Published an article in The Washington Post about the social and cultural importance of movie theaters during the COVID-19 pandemic, urging support for theater chains and their employees. |
| 2019 | IndieWire noted that Christopher Nolan 'kept a viable alternate model of big-budget filmmaking alive' during a time when blockbuster filmmaking was becoming increasingly reliant on computer-generated imagery. |
| 2019 | Nolan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to film. |
| 2019 | Nolan and Emma Thomas received executive producer credits on The Doll's Breath, an animated short directed by the Quay brothers. |
| 2019 | Nolan contributed to 'Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound', a documentary about sound design in film. |
| 2019 | The UHD Alliance announced 'Filmmaker Mode', a TV setting that aims to preserve the original artistic vision of filmmakers by disabling motion interpolation and other post-processing effects. |
| 2019 | Assisted in the renovation of the DGA theatre in Los Angeles. |
| 2019 | IndieWire noted that Christopher Nolan 'kept a viable alternate model of big-budget filmmaking alive' during a time when blockbuster filmmaking was becoming increasingly reliant on computer-generated imagery. |
| 2019 | Nolan and Emma Thomas received executive producer credits on The Doll's Breath, an animated short directed by the Quay brothers. |
| 2019 | Nolan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to film. |
| 2018 | Nolan supervised a new 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was made from the original camera negative and presented at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. |
| 2018 | The Hollywood Reporter listed Nolan as one of the 100 most powerful people in entertainment, describing him as a 'franchise unto himself'. |
| 2018 | Nolan was involved in 'James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction', a documentary exploring the science fiction genre. |
| 2018 | Christopher Nolan, along with Paul Thomas Anderson and other filmmakers, reached out to television manufacturers to advocate for 'Filmmaker Mode' and give directors more control over how their work is displayed on home televisions. |
| 2018 | The Hollywood Reporter listed Nolan as one of the 100 most powerful people in entertainment, describing him as a 'franchise unto himself'. |
| 2018 | Nolan supervised a new 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was made from the original camera negative and presented at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. |
| 2017 | Parade ranked Nolan number eight in its list of 75 Best Movie Directors of All Time, recognizing his substantial contribution to cinema. |
| 2017 | Nolan released the critically acclaimed war film 'Dunkirk'. |
| 2017 | Dunkirk earned Nolan his first Oscar nomination for Best Director. |
| 2017 | The Dark Knight, Inception, and Interstellar featured in Empire magazine's poll of 'The 100 Greatest Movies'. |
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