Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is a world renowned Hollywood filmmaker considered by many as one of the greatest directors of the 21st century. Born in England, he made his first film Following (1998) in his birth country itself. His second feature film Memento (2000), which he shot in the US, brought Nolan a lot of critical acclaim for its non-linear storytelling. But what catapulted him to the top rung of Hollywood filmmakers in the 2000s were his Batman films Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). He further solidified his reputation as a genius filmmaker with the sci-fi movies Inception (2010) and Interstellar (2014).

He has frequently collaborated with his brother Jonathan Nolan, who has worked mainly as a screenwriter, and wife Emma Thomas, who has been a co-producer in his every film.
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Following was shot on weekends over the course of a year. To conserve film stock, each scene in the film was rehearsed extensively to ensure that the first or second take could be used in the final edit. scripttag
He turned down an offer to direct the historical epic Troy (2004).

Nolan started making films with his dads Super 8 camera from the age of 7 itself.

He chose UCL as it had a filmmaking infrastructure comprised of a Steenbeck editing suite and 16mm film cameras.

He has red and green color blindness.

Prefers shooting on film stock over digital, and has been outspoken against the threat by studios to phase out the use of film as a choice over digital.