Christopher Jonathan James Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American film director, screenwriter, and producer, who is well known for directing The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), the science fiction/heist film Inception (2010), and the psychological thrillers Memento (2000), and The Prestige (2006). He has received nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars), Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes), British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA's), and the Directors Guild of America (DGA).
Nolan co-founded Syncopy Films with his wife, Emma Thomas, and they have produced all of his films since The Prestige (2006). He has frequently collaborated with a variety of talents including cinematographer and director Wally Pfister, screenwriters David S. Goyer and Jonathan Nolan, film editor Lee Smith, composers David Julyan and Hans Zimmer, production designer Nathan Crowley, casting director John Papsidera, special effects coordinator Chris Corbould, and actors Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Tom Hardy.
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