C
hristopher Nolan,who brought us
box office hits such as
Memento,
Insomnia, The Prestige
and
Inception,
is one of Hollywood’s
most powerful and influential directors.
His filming career began 14 years ago when
the talented director made his film debut
with
Following
,
a taut and densely intelligent
thriller about a young writer who follows
strangers on the streets of London and
meets a thief who introduces him to his
perverse world of burglary.This led Nolan
to the critically acclaimed breakthrough
film
Memento
in 2000
,
starring Guy Pearce
as a man who is determined to fathom
the identity of – and then take revenge
on – his wife’s killer. Nolan’s filming style
has been described as neo-noir, nonlinear,
psychological, brilliant and complex with
playful narrative ingenuity.
Christopher Nolan, born in July 1970 to
an English father and an American mother,
spent his childhood between England and
the United States. At the age of seven,
Nolan showed signs of filmmaking talents,
using his father’s Super 8 camera and toy
action figures to shoot
scenes. Later in life, he
would collaborate with
his younger brother,
Jonathan, a screenwriter
on film scripts; the
first being the neo-
noir thriller
Memento
.
Whilst studying English
literature at University
College London Nolan
took advantage of the
university’s film-making
facilities. Short films
made before his big
debut were
Tarantella
in 1989,
Larceny
in
1996
and
Doodlebug
in 1997.
After successfully reviving the Batman
film franchise for Warner Bros., Nolan
became the first director to complete
a trilogy of Batman films with
Batman
Begins
in 2005,
The Dark Knight
in 2008
and
The Dark Knight Rises
in 2012. Actor
Christian Bale also successfully completed
all three films playing the caped crusader.
The success of
Batman Begins
was down
to the psychological depth Nolan gave
to
FROM BLOCKBUSTER HITS
MEMENTO, INSOMNIA
AND
INCEPTION
TO THE THIRD FILM IN THE
BATMAN TRILOGY,
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES,
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN IS ONE OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL DIRECTORS IN THE FILM INDUSTRY.
JADA BROOKES
LOOKS BACK AT A SUCCESSFUL
CAREERWHICH SPANS MORE THANA DECADE.
Christopher
Nolan
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT