NAME: MALAIKA HASSAN ALTAF

ROLL, NO: FA23-BBD-073

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
INTRUCTOR: NATASHA HAMDANI
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

THE ART OF DIRECTORS Commander of the Order of the British

Christopher Edward Nolan CBE (born 30 Empire for his contributions to film.
July 1970) is a British and American
Nolan developed an interest in filmmaking
filmmaker. Known for
from a young age. After studying English
his Hollywood blockbusters with complex
literature at University College London, he
storytelling, Nolan is considered a leading
made several short films before his feature
filmmaker of the 21st century. His films have
film debut with Following (1998). Nolan gained
grossed $5 billion worldwide. The recipient
international recognition with his second
of many accolades, he has been nominated
film, Memento (2000), for which he was
for five Academy Awards, five BAFTA
nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Awards and six Golden Globe Awards. In
Original Screenplay.
2015, he was listed as one of the 100 most
influential people in the world by Time, and in He has since then started doing independent

2019, he was appointed filmmaking and fiercened some of the best

films of all times,

Below listed are just a few along with the nominations he received:

1) The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2010)

2) The Prestige
3) Inception
4) Oppenheimer
5) Shutter island
6) Tenet
7) Interstellar
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Awards
i) Nominated for eight Academy Awards—including Best Picture and Best Original
Screenplay—it won Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound
Editing and Best Visual Effects Nolan was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden
Globe Award for Best Director, among other accolades.
ii) From 2011 to 2014, he appeared in Forbes Celebrity 100 list based on his income and
popularity.[231] In 2012, he became the youngest director to receive a hand-and
footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.

Nolan’s Cinematography
Nolan's work regularly features in the listings of and concepts, unconventional narrative
best films of their respective decades. Infused with structures, practical special effects, experimental
a metaphysical outlook, his films soundscapes, large-format film photography,
thematise epistemology, existentialism, ethics, the and materialistic perspectives. He has co-written
construction of time, and the malleable nature of several of his films with his brother Jonathan, and
memory and personal identity. They runs the production company Syncopy Inc. with his
feature mathematically-inspired images wife, Emma Thomas.

Sources Used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nolan