Christopher Nolan Filmography
In 2005, Nolan directed Warner Bros' superhero film Batman Begins which starred Christian Bale and told an origin story of the title character. The following year, he directed psychological thriller The Prestige (2006) in which Bale and Hugh Jackman played rival 19th-century stage magicians. 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 Joker. The film grossed a worldwide total of over $1 billion, and was the highest grossing of 2008. It received eight nominations at the 81st Academy Awards, and Nolan received his second nomination at the Directors Guild of America Awards. 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. 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.
Two years later, he directed The Dark Knight Rises (2012), which grossed a worldwide total at the box office of over $1 billion. He followed this by producing Zack Snyder's superhero film Man of Steel (2013) and directing 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. In 2017, Nolan directed the war film Dunkirk, for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. Three years later he directed the science fiction film Tenet (2020). His next feature was Oppenheimer (2023), a biopic centered on J. Robert Oppenheimer, with Cillian Murphy starring as the titular character. For which he won the Academy Award For Best Director and Best Picture.
Feature film
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Ref(s) |
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1998 | Following | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2000 | Memento | Yes | Yes | No | |
2002 | Insomnia | Yes | No | No | |
2005 | Batman Begins | Yes | Yes | No | |
2006 | The Prestige | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2008 | The Dark Knight | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2010 | Inception | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2013 | Man of Steel | No | Story | Yes | |
2014 | Interstellar | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2017 | Dunkirk | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2020 | Tenet | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2023 | Oppenheimer | Yes | Yes | Yes |
- ^ Also cinematographer and editor
Executive producer
Year | Title | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2014 | Transcendence | ||
2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | ||
2017 | Justice League | ||
2019 | The Doll's Breath | Animated short film | |
2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Director's cut of 2017's Justice League |
Short films
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Cinematographer | Editor | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1989 | Tarantella | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No official release, available on Media Burn Independent Video Archive Co-directed with Roko Belic |
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1996 | Larceny | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No official release | |
1997 | Doodlebug | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2015 | Quay | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Also composer Documentary short |
Documentary appearances
Year | Title | Ref(s) |
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2011 | These Amazing Shadows | |
2012 | Side by Side | |
2016 | Cinema Futures | |
2018 | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | |
2019 | Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound |