Emma Thomas
British film producer
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| 2024 | Received a damehood in recognition of her significant contributions to the film industry. |
| 2023 | Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to film, becoming the first British female producer to win the Oscar for Best Picture. |
| 2023 | Received the Spirit of the Industry Award from the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO). |
| 2023 | Produced Christopher Nolan's biographical thriller Oppenheimer, winning the Academy Award, BAFTA, and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture. |
| 2021 | Served as executive producer on Zack Snyder's Justice League, a director's cut of the 2017 Justice League film. |
| 2020 | Produced Tenet, the first Hollywood tent-pole film to open in theaters during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was delayed three times before premiering. |
| 2019 | Thomas and Christopher Nolan executive-produced the Quay brothers' animated short The Doll's Breath. |
| 2017 | Thomas executive-produced Zack Snyder's superhero film Justice League. |
| 2017 | Thomas produced the historical war film Dunkirk, inspired by a personal sailing experience with her husband, which became the highest-grossing World War II film at the time and earned her a second Oscar nomination for Best Picture. |
| 2016 | Thomas executive-produced Zack Snyder's superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. |
| 2014 | Emma Thomas produced the science fiction film Interstellar with Christopher Nolan and Lynda Obst, which received critical acclaim and grossed over $730 million worldwide, winning Best Visual Effects at the 87th Academy Awards. |
| 2014 | Thomas executive-produced Wally Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence and formed a joint venture with Zeitgeist Films to release Blu-ray versions of Elena and Quay brothers' animated short films. |
| 2013 | Thomas was named an honorary fellow of UCL (University College London). |
| 2013 | Produced Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, which received mixed reviews and grossed more than $660 million worldwide. |
| 2012 | Produced The Dark Knight Rises, completing the Dark Knight trilogy which collectively grossed over $2.4 billion worldwide. |
| 2010 | Produced Inception, an original film that grossed $839 million worldwide, earning Thomas nominations for Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Film. |
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