Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan was born on July 30, 1970, in London, England. Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made. At 7 years old, Nolan began making short movies with his father's Super-8 camera.
Christopher Nolan has a set style of directing which we see echoed throughout his films. The films are filled with ambiguity and unease, which are partially transmitted through journeys of identity construction and endings. We get the recurring central question of hero or antihero.The antagonist and protagonist in Nolan’s films are mostly mirror images of each other. Nolan is known to create great juxta positioning, especially in showing good vs. evil.He is one of the highest-grossing directors in history, and among the most acclaimed and influential filmmakers of the 21st century.
he learned the guerrilla techniques he would later use to make his first feature, Following (1998), on a budget of around $6,000.
Nolan's second film was Memento (2000), which he directed from his own screenplay based on a short story by his brother Jonathan. Starring Guy Pearce, the film brought Nolan numerous honors, including Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay
The turning point in Nolan's career occurred when he was awarded the chance to revive the Batman franchise in 2005
Before moving on to a Batman sequel, Nolan directed, co-wrote, and produced the mystery thriller The Prestige (2006), starring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman as magicians whose obsessive rivalry leads to tragedy and murder.
olan was nominated for a Directors Guild of America (D.G.A.) Award, Writers Guild of America (W.G.A.) Award and Producers Guild of America (P.G.A.) Award, and the film also received eight Academy Award nominations.
Then he went on to produce , direct Dark Knight,Inception,The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel , Interstellar....
