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Christopher Nolan

 

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Director / Screenwriter / Producer / Cinematographer
1970 -
Born July 30, London, England
Key Production Countries: USA, UK 
Key Genres: Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir)
Key Collaborators: Wally Pfister (Cinematographer), Emma Thomas (Producer), David Julyan (Composer), Nathan Crowley (Production Designer), Christian Bale (Leading Player), Michael Caine (Leading Player), Lee Smith (Editor), Jonathan Nolan (Screenwriter), Gary Oldman (Leading Character Player), Charles Roven (Producer)
Recommended: Memento (2000), Insomnia (2002)
Worth a Look: Following (1998), The Prestige (2006)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ TCMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide[ The Unofficial Christopher Nolan Website ] [ tribute.ca Bio ] [ Wikipedia ] [ /film Interview ] [ indieWIRE Interview (2005) ]
DVD's: [ Amazon ]
21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films: Memento (2000)
 
Memento (2000)Insomnia (2002)Following (1998)The Prestige (2006)
 
     
  "Favouring small, intense, character-driven stories, his work is heavily influenced by noir narratives and aesthetics. Fashioning protagonists that become the detectives in the mysteries of their own lives, his two first films incorporate flashback narratives...Like David Fincher or Steven Soderbergh, he fashions stylish, smart and intriguing films that appeal on both an emotional and intelligent level to mainstream and art-house audiences alike." - Hannah Patterson (Contemporary North American Film Directors, 2002)  
     
  "Christopher Nolan has swiftly established himself as one of the brightest hopes for Hollywood storytelling as the movies enter their second century... A mainstream filmmaker with a left-field sensibility and a fascination with narrative, Nolan looks ideally placed to emulate the success of someone like Steven Soderbergh. He may go farther still." - Tom Charity (The Rough Guide to Film, 2007)  
     
  "Noted for the innovative structure of both his noirish, cerebral debut film Following (1998) and its follow-up, the equally unconventional and heady Memento (2000), London-born filmmaker Christopher Nolan has shown a unique talent for creating involving films containing concepts based on abstract breaks with conventional behavior and idealism." - Jason Buchanan (All-Movie Guide)  
     
  "I studied English Literature. I wasn't a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making films at the same time with the college film society, was that I started thinking about the narrative freedoms that authors had enjoyed for centuries and it seemed to me that filmmakers should enjoy those freedoms as well." - Christopher Nolan  
     
 
 

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