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Christopher Edward Nolan was born on the 30th of July 1970 in Westminster, London. His father was a British advertising executive of Irish descent, and his mother was a former American flight attendant from Evanston, Illinois. He holds both UK and US citizenship.
Christopher Nolan's first feature film was Following, released in 1998. He wrote, directed, photographed and edited it himself on a budget of around 3,000 pounds, shooting on weekends over the course of a year with friends as most of the cast and crew.
Christopher Nolan's films have earned more than $6 billion worldwide, making him the seventh highest-grossing film director of all time. The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises each grossed over $1 billion.
Christopher Nolan won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for Oppenheimer, released in 2023. The film grossed over $975 million worldwide and was the third-highest-grossing film of 2023.
Christopher Nolan parted with Warner Bros. after disagreeing with its decision to release films in theatres and on HBO Max simultaneously. He signed with Universal Pictures for Oppenheimer, securing total creative control, a 100-day theatrical window and 20% of first-dollar gross.
Christopher Nolan's next film is The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer's epic, scheduled for release in July 2026. Matt Damon plays Odysseus, and with an estimated budget of $250 million it is poised to be the most expensive film of Nolan's career and the first mainstream blockbuster shot entirely on IMAX film.