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Birthplace
Westminster, London, England, UK
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Birthday
July 30, 1970Deathday
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Christopher Nolan
Christopher Edward Nolan, CBE (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in Westminster, London, England and holds both British and American citizenship due to his American mother. He is known for writing and directing critically acclaimed films such as Memento (2000), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-12), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) and Dunkirk (2017). Nolan is the founder of the production company Syncopy Films. He often collaborates with his wife, producer Emma Thomas, and his brother, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan.
Christopher Nolan awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Chinese American Film Festival (C.A.F.F.) | Winner Golden Angel Award | Most Popular U.S. Film in China (Christopher Nolan) | Tenet |
| 2020 | Hochi Film Awards | Winner Hochi Film Award | Best Foreign Language Film (Christopher Nolan) | Tenet |
| 2015 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Winner Saturn Award | Best Writing (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Empire Awards, UK | Winner Empire Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2014 | Heartland Film | Winner Truly Moving Picture Award | (Christopher Nolan, Legendary Entertainment, Paramount Pictures) | Interstellar |
| 2011 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Winner Saturn Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Winner Saturn Award | Best Writing (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Winner Critics Choice Award | Best Action Movie (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Winner COFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Winner COFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner CinEuphoria | Best Film - Audience Award (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner CinEuphoria | Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner CinEuphoria | Best Screenplay - International Competition (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Czech Lions | Winner Czech Lion | Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Danish Film Awards (Robert) | Winner Robert | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Denver Film Critics Society | Winner DFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Empire Awards, UK | Winner Empire Award | Best Film (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Gold Derby Awards | Winner Gold Derby Award | Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Hugo Awards | Winner Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Winner INOCA | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Winner IOMA | Best Director (Miglior regia) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Winner IOMA | Best Picture (Miglior film) (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2011 | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Winner IOMA | Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | North Texas Film Critics Association, US | Winner NTFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Online Film & Television Association | Winner OFTA Film Award | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Winner OFCS Award | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Rembrandt Awards | Winner Rembrandt Award | Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Winner Bradbury Award | (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | SFX Awards, UK | Winner SFX Award | Best Film (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Writers Guild of America, USA | Winner WGA Award (Screen) | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) | Winner AAFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Winner ACCA | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Winner Davis Award | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Winner CFCA Award | Best Screenplay, Original (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Winner FFCC Award | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Golden Schmoes Awards | Winner Golden Schmoes | Best Director of the Year (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Hollywood Film Awards | Winner Hollywood Movie of the Year | (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | IGN Summer Movie Awards | Winner IGN Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Indiana Film Journalists Association, US | Winner IFJA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Winner KCFCC Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Winner KCFCC Award | Best Screenplay, Original (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards | Winner OFCC Award | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Winner PFCS Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Winner PFCS Award | Best Screenplay - Original (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Winner UFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Winner WAFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Tenet |
| 2021 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Writing (Christopher Nolan) | Tenet |
| 2021 | Dragon Awards | Nominee Dragon Award | Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie (Christopher Nolan) | Tenet |
| 2021 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Christopher Nolan) | Tenet |
| 2021 | Prémios Fantastic | Nominee Fantastic Award (Prémios Fantastic) | Best International Film (Melhor Filme Internacional) (Christopher Nolan) | Tenet |
| 2020 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby Award | Motion Picture of the Decade (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2020 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby Award | Director of the Decade (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2020 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby Award | Original Screenplay of the Decade (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2020 | Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Nominee Nikkan Sports Film Award | Best Foreign Film (Christopher Nolan) | Tenet |
| 2015 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Amanda Awards, Norway | Nominee Amanda | Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm) (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal | Nominee Cinema Bloggers Award | Best Director - International Competition (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal | Nominee Cinema Bloggers Award | Best Screenplay - International Competition (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Nominee CEC Award | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Danish Film Awards (Robert) | Nominee Robert | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Denver Film Critics Society | Nominee DFCS Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby Award | Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan, Lynda Obst, Emma Thomas) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Huading Award | Nominee Huading Award | Best Global Director for a Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Hugo Awards | Nominee Hugo | Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form (Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2015 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Nominee Bradbury Award | (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2014 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Nominee ACCA | Best Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan, Lynda Obst, Emma Thomas) | Interstellar |
| 2014 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Nominee ACCA | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2014 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee CFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2014 | Golden Schmoes Awards | Nominee Golden Schmoes | Best Director of the Year (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2014 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Nominee Rondo Statuette | Best Film (Christopher Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2014 | Screenwriters Choice Awards, Online | Nominee Screenplay Competition | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan) | Interstellar |
| 2013 | New York International Children's Film Festival, US | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Wolf Children |
| 2013 | New York International Children's Film Festival, US | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Writing (Christopher Nolan) | Wolf Children |
| 2011 | Academy Awards, USA | Nominee Oscar | Best Motion Picture of the Year (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2011 | Academy Awards, USA | Nominee Oscar | Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Nominee EDA Award | Best Picture (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2011 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Nominee EDA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Nominee EDA Award | Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Amanda Awards, Norway | Nominee Amanda | Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | BAFTA Awards | Nominee BAFTA Film Award | Best Screenplay (Original) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | BAFTA Awards | Nominee BAFTA Film Award | Best Film (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2011 | BAFTA Awards | Nominee David Lean Award for Direction | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Bodil Awards | Nominee Bodil | Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee Critics Choice Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee Critics Choice Award | Best Screenplay, Original (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | César Awards, France | Nominee César | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Nominee CEC Award | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | David di Donatello Awards | Nominee David | Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Denver Film Critics Society | Nominee DFCS Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Directors Guild of America, USA | Nominee DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Empire Awards, UK | Nominee Empire Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Nominee FCCA Award | Best Foreign Film - English Language (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Gaudí Awards | Nominee Gaudí Award | Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea) (Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Entertainment, Syncopy) | Inception |
| 2011 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby Award | Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby Award | Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2011 | Golden Globes, USA | Nominee Golden Globe | Best Director - Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Golden Globes, USA | Nominee Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Nominee INOCA | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Iowa Film Critics Awards | Nominee IFC Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Irish Film and Television Awards | Nominee IFTA Award | Best International Film (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Nominee Silver Ribbon | Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo) (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Kinema Junpo Awards | Nominee Kinema Junpo Award | Best Foreign Language Film (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Nominee ALFS Award | Director of the Year (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Nominee ALFS Award | British Director of the Year (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Picture (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2011 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee OFCS Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | PGA Awards | Nominee PGA Award | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2011 | Prêmio Guarani | Nominee Premio Guarani | Best Foreign Film (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | SFX Awards, UK | Nominee SFX Award | Best Film Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2011 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Nominee VFCC Award | Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Nominee ACCA | Best Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2010 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Nominee ACCA | Best Achievement in Directing (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Nominee Davis Award | Best Motion Picture (Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas) | Inception |
| 2010 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee CFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee DFWFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee DFWFCA Award | Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee DFCS Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards | Nominee DFCC | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Golden Schmoes Awards | Nominee Golden Schmoes | Best Screenplay of the Year (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee HFCS Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee HFCS Award | Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Indiana Film Journalists Association, US | Nominee IFJA Award | Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee Sierra Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee Sierra Award | Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Nominee Rondo Statuette | Best Film (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee SDFCS Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee SDFCS Award | Best Screenplay, Original (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Satellite Awards | Nominee Satellite Award | Best Screenplay, Original (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Satellite Awards | Nominee Satellite Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Scream Awards | Nominee Scream Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Scream Awards | Nominee Scream Award | Best Scream-Play (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee SEFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee SEFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Nominee SLFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Nominee SLFCA Award | Best Original Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee TFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee UFCA Award | Best Screenplay (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
| 2010 | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee WAFCA Award | Best Director (Christopher Nolan) | Inception |
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