Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is an English film director, writer and producer. After moving to the United States during his childhood, Nolan returned to England to go to boarding school and college. At college, he became interested in film and directed the short film, Doodlebug. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the screenplay of the film Memento in 2002. He is also the director of the 2005 box office success Batman Begins and its 2008 sequel, The Dark Knight.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021821/bio

The director won AFI Screenwriter of the Year at the 2000 AFI Awards for his scripting of Memento. Additionally, Nolan won Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 2000 Chlotrudis Awards for the film. Nolan has been nominated for a number of awards, including Best Director at the 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards and the 2009 Saturn Awards for The Dark Knight, Best Director at the 2009 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for The Dark Knight and Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Following at the 1999 Director's Guild of America Awards.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/awards

In 2010, Nolan was announced as a nominee at the 2011 Golden Globes. He is nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay for of his work on Inception.http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=26446

Christopher Nolan was born in London, England on July 30, 1970. He moved with his family to Chicago, Illinois during his early childhood. He returned to England to attend boarding school at Haileybury College and then went on to study a University College London. During his time there, Nolan became interested in film and made several short films as a result. In 1997, Nolan married his would-be producer on future films, Emma Thomas.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/bio

Nolan's directing career began with the critically acclaimed film 1998 Following. He followed that up with the Academy Award nominated film Memento, starring Guy Pearce. In 2002, Nolan directed his first big budget Hollywood film Insomnia. The film was a remake of a popular Norwegian film of the same name. Nolan's version starred Academy Award winning actors Robin Williams, Al Pacino and Hilary Swank.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021821/bio

In 2005, Nolan directed Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale. Nolan teamed with Bale again a year later, this time with Hugh Jackman, in the critically acclaimed movie The Prestige. In 2008, Nolan returned to the screen with his sequel to his Batman saga, The Dark Knight. In 2010, Nolan released the sci-fi thriller, Inception, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio.http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021821/bio

• 1998: Following
• 2000: Memento
• 2002: Insomnia
• 2005: Batman Begins
• 2006: The Prestige
• 2008: The Dark Knight
• 2010: Inceptionhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/

"As soon as television became the only secondary way in which films were watched, films had to adhere to a pretty linear system, whereby you can drift off for ten minutes and go and answer the phone and not really lose your place." — Christopher Nolanhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/bio#quotes

"Yes, to me that's one of the most compelling fears in film noir and the psychological thriller genre - that fear of conspiracy. It's definitely something that I have a fear of - not being in control of your own life. I think that's something people can relate to, and those genres are most successful when they derive the material from genuine fears that people have." — Christopher Nolanhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/bio#quotes