History Creator / ChristopherNolan

* ''Oppenheimer'' (2023)

** This also extends to his behind the scenes crew: Music/HansZimmer scored all his films from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to ''{{Film/Dunkirk}}'' (and co-scored ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' with Music/JamesNewtonHoward) with his first three films and ''Film/ThePrestige'' being scored by Music/DavidJulyan and Music/LudwigGoransson scoring both ''Film/{{TENET}}'' and ''Oppenheimer''; Lee Smith edited all his films from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' to ''{{Film/Dunkirk}}'', while Dody Dorn cut both ''Film/{{Memento}}'' and ''Film/{{Insomnia}}''; Nathan Crowley working as production designer on all of his films post-''{{Film/Insomnia}}'' (barring ''{{Film/Inception}}''); and Wally Pfister served as cinematographer on all Nolan's projects from ''{{Film/Memento}}'' to ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (Hoyte van Hoytema became Nolan's preferred cinematographer from ''Interstellar'' on, when Pfister began his own directing career).

* ProductionPosse: Nolan uses many of the same actors in his various projects like Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/MichaelCaine, Creator/CillianMurphy, and many more.

** This also extends to his behind the scenes crew: Music/HansZimmer scored all his films from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to ''{{Film/Dunkirk}}'' (and co-scored ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' with Music/JamesNewtonHoward) with his first three films and ''Film/ThePrestige'' being scored by Music/DavidJulyan; Lee Smith edited all his films from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' to ''{{Film/Dunkirk}}'', while Dody Dorn cut both ''Film/{{Memento}}'' and ''Film/{{Insomnia}}''; Nathan Crowley working as production designer on all of his films post-''{{Film/Insomnia}}'' (barring ''{{Film/Inception}}''); and Wally Pfister served as cinematographer on all Nolan's projects from ''{{Film/Memento}}'' to ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (Hoyte van Hoytema became Nolan's preferred cinematographer from ''Interstellar'' on, when Pfister began his own directing career).

** For ''TENET'', it was apparently ''cheaper'' to buy an old Boeing 747 and crash it into a hangar than buidling models for that purpose.

* MoralDilemma: Many of the 'right' choices in his films are often debatable. Usually happens to the protagonists, but sometimes not even secondary characters or extras are spared.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: A number of his protagonists are motivated primarily by the deaths of their loved ones, guilt over [[ILetGwenStacyDie their deaths]], and so on. ''Film/{{Memento}}'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''Film/{{Inception}}'' come to mind.

* UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer biopic (TBA)

* ProductionPosse: Nolan uses many of the same actors in his various projects like Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/MichaelCaine, Creator/CillianMurphy, and many more. From a business angle, everything he's made from ''Film/{{Insomnia}}'' to ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' has been at least partially distributed by Creator/WarnerBrothers[[note]]WB bought the overseas distribution rights to ''Film/ThePrestige'' and ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'', which were domestically distributed by Creator/TouchstonePictures and Creator/{{Paramount}} respectively[[/note]], who would write him a blank check to make anything he so wishes before their relationship became severely strained by the studio's decision to release its 2021 film slate simultaneously on Creator/HBOMax; he wound up taking his next project to Creator/{{Universal}}.
** This also extends to his behind the scenes crew: Music/HansZimmer scored all his films from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to ''{{Film/Dunkirk}}'' (and co-scored ''Film/BatmanBegins'' with Music/JamesNewtonHoward, who also co-scored ''Film/TheDarkKnight'') with his first three films and ''Film/ThePrestige'' being scored by Music/DavidJulyan; Lee Smith edited all his films from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' to ''{{Film/Dunkirk}}''; Nathan Crowley working as production designer on all of his films post-''{{Film/Insomnia}}'' (barring ''{{Film/Inception}}''); and Wally Pfister served as cinematographer on all Nolan's projects from ''{{Film/Memento}}'' to ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (Hoyte van Hoytema became Nolan's [[{{Film/Interstellar}} preferred]] [[{{Film/Dunkirk}} cinematographer]] when Pfister began his own directing career).

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Sure, he has always valued the filmmaking process, but his lifestyle seems to be timeless and out of step with the culture of the last few decades, or at least avoids it. For example, in an interview with ''People'' in December 2020, Nolan confirmed that he does not have email or a smartphone, but he does have a small flip phone that he carries with him from time to time.

* ProductionPosse: Nolan uses many of the same actors in his various projects like Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/MichaelCaine, Creator/CillianMurphy, and many more. From a business angle, everything he's made from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' to ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' has been at least partially distributed by Creator/WarnerBrothers[[note]]WB bought the overseas distribution rights to ''Film/ThePrestige'' and ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'', which were domestically distributed by Creator/TouchstonePictures and Creator/{{Paramount}} respectively[[/note]], who would write him a blank check to make anything he so wishes before their relationship became severely strained by the studio's decision to release its 2021 film slate simultaneously on Creator/HBOMax; he wound up taking his next project to Creator/{{Universal}}.

* ProductionPosse: Nolan uses many of the same actors in his various projects like Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/MichaelCaine, Creator/CillianMurphy, and many more. From a business angle, everything he's made from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' to ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' has been distributed by Creator/WarnerBrothers who would write him a blank check to make anything he so wishes before their relationship became severely strained by the studio's decision to release its 2021 film slate simultaneously on Creator/HBOMax.

* ProductionPosse: Nolan uses many of the same actors in his various projects like Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/MichaelCaine, Creator/CillianMurphy, and many more. From a business angle, everything he's made from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' to ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' has been distributed by Creator/WarnerBrothers who would write him a blank check to make anything he so wishes before their relationship became severely strained by the studio's decision to release its 2021 film slate simultaneously on HBO Max.

* ProductionPosse: Nolan uses many of the same actors in his various projects like Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/AnneHathaway, Creator/TomHardy, Creator/MichaelCaine, Creator/CillianMurphy, and many more. From a business angle, everything he's made post-''Film/BatmanBegins'' has been distributed by Creator/WarnerBrothers who will write him a blank check to make anything he so wishes.

-->-- '''Christopher Nolan'''

He is renowned for making {{Mind Screw}}y neo-[[FilmNoir noir]] movies, for reviving the [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Batman film franchise]], for his persistent preference of film stock and PracticalEffects over digital filmography and CGI, and for single-handedly [[GenreKiller ending the longest 3D movie craze yet]] by [[http://www.slashfilm.com/imax-3d-phasing-out/ convincing IMAX to scale back new 3D presentations considerably]]. The man clearly ''loves'' Creator/{{IMAX}}. In addition, he is a staunch proponent and advocate of the "theatrical experience" in an age where streaming and video on demand are all the rage.

* BlackComedy: His humor goes both ways: dry wit or this. More noticeable in ''Film/{{Memento}}'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.

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!!Films:

He and his company Syncopy have also produced:

** ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'' is told chronologically but can be confusing for those who don't have a great grasp of quantum theory and other space oddities.

** Again averted in ''Film/{{Tenet}}'', with the title card appearing at the beginning and end of the prologue sequence. Likely done to mark the Protagonist's faked death [[spoiler:and the final act of the film occurring at the sane time as the prologue]].

** PlayedWith In Film/{{Tenet}}, [[spoiler: Due to the nature of the film's time travel mechanics the order of events turns in on itself in the final act, so that the characters revisit the timeframe of the previous two acts in reverse, with the final scenes taking place near the film's chronological beginning.]]

* OnlyOneName: Many characters in his film only use one name, sometimes implying that they're hiding something about their identity. There's "Cobb" in ''Film/{{Following}}''; "Natalie" in ''Film/{{Memento}}''; "Fallon" and "Cutter" in ''Film/ThePrestige''; "Lau" and "Gambol" in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''; "Arthur", "Eames", "Saito" and "Ariadne" in ''Film/{{Inception}}''; and "Cooper", "Murph", "Doyle" and "Romilly" in ''Film/{{Interstellar}}''. [[note]]The script for ''Interstellar'' gives Cooper's full name as "Joseph C. Cooper," but this is never stated in the film itself. His daughter is referred to as Murphy Cooper, confirming that Cooper is his last name.[[/note]]

* OneWordTitle: Of his twelve films, eight have one-word titles. ''The Prestige'' is the only non-Batman film that doesn't use this format.

* OneWordTitle: Of his eleven films, seven have one-word titles. ''The Prestige'' is the only non-Batman film that doesn't use this format.

* AspectRatioSwitch: He switched between aspect ratios in several of his film, including ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'' and ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}''.