Christopher Nolan
Christopher Edward Nolan CBE (; born 30 July 1970) is a British-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His directorial efforts have grossed more than US$5.1billion worldwide, garnered 34 Oscar nominations and ten wins.
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| Full name at birth | Christopher Jonathan James Nolan
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| Claim to fame | Memento, The Dark Knight
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| Date of birth | 30 July 1970
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| Place of birth | London, England, UK
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| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, film producer
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| Height | 5' 11" (180 cm)
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| Net worth | $180,000,000 USD
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- Following Insomnia, his next project was going to be a Howard Hughes biopic starring Jim Carrey. Nolan had the screenplay written (calling it "one of the best things I've ever written"), but once it became apparent Martin Scorsese was making his own Hughes biopic The Aviator (2004), Nolan reluctantly tabled his script and took up directing Batman Begins (2005).
- His top ten favorite movies are: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Black Hole (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Chinatown (1974), The Hitcher (1986), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Star Wars (1977), The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and Topkapi (1964), as well as anything by Stanley Kubrick.
- Has both US and UK citizenship.
- Gained major funding during the 1999 Hong Kong Film Festival by showing his film Following (1998) and then asking the audience to donate money to his next film Memento (2000).
- He is a big James Bond fan, and said to David S. Goyer, that his favorite James Bond movie, is "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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