| Variations of Name | Christopher Jonathan James Nolan |
| Biography | Christopher Jonathan James Nolan (b. 30 July 1970) is an English film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has created several of the most critically and commercially successful films of the early 21st century.
Having made his directorial debut with Following (1998), he gained considerable attention for his second feature, Memento (2000). The acclaim of these independent films afforded Nolan the opportunity to make the big-budget thriller Insomnia (2002), and the more offbeat drama The Prestige (2006). He found further popular and critical success with The Dark Knight Trilogy (20052012), Inception (2010) and Interstellar (2014). Nolan has co-written several of his films with his brother, Jonathan Nolan, and runs the production company Syncopy Inc. with his wife Emma Thomas. |