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Christopher Nolan is a American-English Film Director born on the 30 of July, 1970, in London, England. Christopher Nolan started making films at age 7, on his dad's Super 8 Camera with toy action figures. Later he started studying English Literature at University College London where he started using people instead of action figures in his movies.

In 1998, His first feature film, called Following, was released. It was shot on just $6,000 dollars and on weekends. The film premiered at the San Francisco Film Festival and was well received by critics. After his success he was offered to direct Memento, based on his brother's, Jonathan Nolan, short story called Memento Mori. Its about a man who suffers an head injury and can't have new memories. It was a Critical success and did well at the box office. It was Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.His next film was Insomnia, an remake of an Norwegian film. Its about two LA Police Detectives who travel to Alaska to solve a a murder of an teenager. It has very good reviews.

Nolan was offered to direct the reboot of the Batman franchise. He accepted and Batman Begins was released in 2005. It was a critical and box office hit and It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, but it didn't win. With the success of his film, Christopher Nolan decided to adapt the book The Prestige into the movie The Prestige. Its about two rival magicians, set at the end of the 19th century and their obsession of creating the best illusions. It was released in 2006 to good reviews. It was nominated for and Academy Award for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography but lost.

In 2008, the sequel to Batman Begins was released.

His Movies include (in yearly order) Doodlebug-1997 (Short Film) Following-1998 Memento-2000 Insomnia-2002

Batman Begins-2005 The Prestige-2006 The Dark Knight-2008 Inception-2010 The Dark Knight Rises-2012 (Filming)

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