Christopher Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, Nolan is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. His films have earned over $7.7 billion worldwide, making him the third-highest-grossing film director of all time. Nolan's accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two British Academy Film Awards. He was also appointed a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2019 and was knighted 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 gained international recognition with his second film, Memento (2000), and transitioned into studio filmmaking with Insomnia (2002). He became a high-profile director with The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012) and found further success with The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) and Dunkirk (2017). After the release of the critically polarising Tenet (2020), Nolan parted ways with longtime distributor Warner Bros. Pictures over their streaming release strategy and signed with Universal Pictures for the highly successful Oppenheimer (2023) and The Odyssey (2026). The former won him Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. Three of Nolan's films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Additionally, two of his films are among the highest-grossing films of all time. Infused with a metaphysical outlook, his works thematise epistemology, existentialism, ethics, the construction of time and the malleable nature of memory and personal identity. They feature mathematically inspired images and concepts, unconventional narrative structures, practical special effects, experimental soundscapes, large-format film photography and materialistic perspectives. His enthusiasm for the use and preservation of analogue and IMAX film cameras in cinema production, as opposed to digital, has also garnered significant attention. He has co-written several of his films with his brother, Jonathan, and runs the production company Syncopy Inc. with his wife, Emma Thomas. Nolan has also been president of the Directors Guild of America since 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Nolan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026The Odyssey — Director, Writer, Producer, Songs
• 2025Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass — Executive Producer
• 2025Sinners — Thanks
• 2024Domchilik — Idea
• 2024Utan ord – i filmmusikens värld — Selft
• 2023Oppenheimer — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2023The Draft! — Thanks
• 2023The Spot — Thanks
• 2023To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb — Self - Writer / Director, "Oppenheimer", Thanks
• 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League — Executive Producer
• 2020Tenet — Writer, Producer, Director
• 2019The Doll's Breath — Producer
• 2017Dunkirk — Writer, Producer, Director
• 2017Justice League — Executive Producer
• 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — Executive Producer
• Thirteen Talks
• 2015Quay — Producer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Editor, Decorator
• 2014Interstellar — Producer, Writer, Director
• 2014Transcendence — Executive Producer
• 2013Man of Steel — Producer, Story
• 2012The Dark Knight Rises — Producer, Story, Screenplay, Director
• 2010Inception — Producer, Writer, Director
• 2010Inception: The Cobol Job — Characters
• 2008The Dark Knight — Producer, Screenplay, Director, Story
• 2007Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) — Director
• 2006The Prestige — Screenplay, Producer, Director
• 2005Batman Begins — Screenplay, Director
• 2003Cinema16: British Short Films — Self - Commentary, Doodlebug (voice), Director
• 2002Insomnia — Director
• 2000Memento — Screenplay, Director
• 1999Following — Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
• 1997Doodlebug — Writer, Editor, Set Designer, Director of Photography
• 1997Fearville — Camera Operator
• 1996Larceny — Director, Editor, Camera Operator, Writer, Producer
• 1990Tarantella — Man in Black, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
• 1967Schwarzhuhnbraunhuhnschwarzhuhnweißhuhnrothuhnweiß oder put-putt — The Hen

Appearances as themselves (42)

• 2026The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic — Self - Director / Writer / Producer
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest
• 2025Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert — Self
• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• Encyclopedia of Useless Facts Around The Earth — Self
• 2023Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer — Self - Director / Writer / Producer
• 2023MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 2022Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel — Self
• 2021Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale — Self
• 2020Joker: Put on a Happy Face — Self
• 2020Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’ — Self
• 2019Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound — Self
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction — Self
• 2016Cinema Futures — Self
• 2015Inside 'Interstellar' — Self - Director / Co-Writer
• StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self, Self - Guest
• 2014Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey — Self
• 2014The Science of Interstellar — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot — Self
• 2013The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy — Self
• 2012Ending the Knight — Self
• 2012Side by Side — Self
• 2012Stanley Kubrick in Focus — Self
• 2012The Batmobile — Self
• 2011Exploring 'The Tree of Life' — Self
• 2011These Amazing Shadows — Self
• 2010Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious — Self
• 2010Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Heath Ledger: A Tribute — Self
• 2008Batman Tech — Self
• 2008Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight — Self
• 2008Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene — Self
• 2007The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan — Self
• 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self / Presenter
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee