Christopher Nolan filmography

Nolan at the 2013 premiere of Man of Steel.

Christopher Nolan is a British-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His feature directorial debut was the neo-noir crime thriller Following (1998) which was made on a shoestring budget of $6,000.^[1] The film tells the non-linear narrative of a young writer who gets entangled with the criminal underworld.^[2] Two years later, he directed psychological thriller Memento (2000) which starred Guy Pearce as a man suffering from anterograde amnesia searching for his wife's killers.^[3] The film was his first collaboration with cinematographer Wally Pfister.^[4] Similar to his debut feature it had a non-linear narrative structure, and was his breakthrough film.^[5] It was positively received by critics, and was a surprise commercial success.^[6] For the film Nolan received his first nomination for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, and for writing its screenplay he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.^[7][8] He next directed the mystery thriller remake Insomnia (2002) which starred Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank.^[9] It was his first film for Warner Bros., and was a commercial success.^[10][11]

In 2005, Nolan directed Warners Bros' superhero film Batman Begins which starred Christian Bale and told an origin story of the title character.^[12] The following year, he directed psychological thriller The Prestige (2006) in which Bale and Hugh Jackman played rival 19th century stage magicians.^[13] His next film was the sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, in which Bale reprised his role as Batman opposite Heath Ledger as the supervillain Joker. The film grossed a worldwide total of over $1 billion, and was the highest grossing of 2008.^[14] It received eight nominations at the 81st Academy Awards, and Nolan received his second nomination at the Directors Guild of America Awards.^[15][16] In 2010, he directed the action film Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief who leads a team who steal information by entering a person's subconscious.^[17] It was nominated for Best Film at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and Golden Globe Awards, and Nolan received his third nomination at the Directors Guild of America Awards.^{[18][19][20][21]}

Two years later, he directed the sequel to The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises (2012), which grossed a worldwide total at the box office of over $1 billion.^[22] He followed this by producing Zack Snyder's superhero film Man of Steel (2013), and Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence (2014). Nolan directed the science fiction film Interstellar (2014) which starred Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain. It won the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.^[23] In 2017, he directed war film Dunkirk, for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.^[24]

Films

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Director	Producer	Writer	Other
1989	Tarantella	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Unreleased short film	[25][26]
1996	Larceny	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Unreleased short film	[25][26]
1997	Fearville	No	No	No	Yes	Camera operator	[25]
1997	Doodlebug	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Editor and cinematographer Short film	[25]
1998	Following	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Editor and cinematographer	[25]
1999	Genghis Blues	No	No	No	Yes	Editorial assistance	[25][27]
2000	Memento	Yes	No	Yes	No		[25][26]
2002	Insomnia	Yes	No	No	No		[25][26]
2005	Batman Begins	Yes	No	Yes	No	Screenplay co-written with David S. Goyer	[25][26]
2006	The Prestige	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Co-written with Jonathan Nolan	[25][26]
2008	The Dark Knight	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Story co-written with David S. Goyer Screenplay co-written with Jonathan Nolan	[25][26]
2010	Inception	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		[25][26]
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Story co-written with David S. Goyer Screenplay co-written with Jonathan Nolan	[25][26]
2013	Man of Steel	No	Yes	Story	No	Story co-written with David S. Goyer	[25][28]
2014	Transcendence	No	Executive	No	No		[25][26]
2014	Interstellar	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Co-written with Jonathan Nolan	[25][26]
2015	Emic: A Time Capsule From the People of Earth	No	No	No	Yes	Curator Short documentary film	[29]
2015	Quay	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Editor, cinematographer and composer Short documentary film	[25]
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	No	Executive	No	No		[25][26]
2017	Dunkirk	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		[25][26]
2017	Justice League	No	Executive	No	No		[25][26]
2019	The Doll's Breath	No	Executive	No	No	Animated short film	[30]
2020	Tenet	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		[10][31]

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Documentary appearences

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Nolan
• Cinematic style of Christopher Nolan

References

External links

• Christopher Nolan's filmography on IMDb