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Christopher Nolan wearing a black suit and tie, smiling slightly while attending the Oppenheimer United Kingdom premiere in London.
Split image showing Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer at a chalkboard on the left and actor Cillian Murphy portraying Oppenheimer with a cigarette and hat on the right.
Heath Ledger as the Joker sits at an interrogation table with Christian Bale as Batman standing behind him in a scene from the film The Dark Knight. Inception Matthew McConaughey as Cooper in Interstellar stands in a white spacesuit on a desolate, icy landscape with rugged mountains in the background. Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan stand together backstage, each holding Oscars, with Nolan also holding an envelope, after winning for their film Oppenheimer at the 96th Academy Awards. Matt Damon as Odysseus in The Odyssey (2026), wearing ancient Greek armor and a plumed helmet, stands in profile before a red and tan painted wall. Matthew McConaughey as Cooper and Mackenzie Foy as 10-year-old Murph stand facing each other beside a truck in a cornfield in a scene from Interstellar. Matt Damon as Leslie Groves, in a military uniform and coat, stands beside Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, wearing a gray suit and hat, in a scene from Oppenheimer. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema operates a large film camera on a dolly while filming actors Tom Conti and Cillian Murphy, in costume, beside a pond for the film Oppenheimer.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jul 26, 2026
Added Top Questions and details about The Odyssey. Jul 16, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC News - Oppenheimer review: Christopher Nolan masterfully captures one of history’s defining figures. Apr 08, 2026
Add new Web site: BFI - Sight and Sound - Christopher Nolan: a showman’s odyssey. Dec 02, 2025
Added cross-reference to The Odyssey. Oct 24, 2025
Added cross-references and noted that his next movie will be an adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. Sep 09, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Christopher Nolan: After Oppenheimer, no more films during strike action. Jun 16, 2025
Add new Web site: The New York Times - The Exacting, Expansive Mind of Christopher Nolan. Sep 15, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 03, 2024
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Christopher Nolan. Apr 16, 2024
Noted that he won an Oscar for best director for Oppenheimer. Mar 11, 2024
Media added. Mar 11, 2024
Noted Nolan's Golden Globe Award for his directorial work on the film Oppenheimer, which won for best film drama. Jan 23, 2024
Media added. Jul 18, 2023
Update with references to the Oppenheimer film, added cross-reference to Cillian Murphy biography. Jul 17, 2023
Media added. Jul 17, 2023
Added the film Tenet. Sep 03, 2020
Noted that he received an Academy Award nomination for his direction of Dunkirk, which also earned an Oscar nod for best picture. Jan 23, 2018
Added the film Dunkirk. Jul 21, 2017
Noted the release of Interstellar (2014). Nov 07, 2014
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Christopher Nolan. May 26, 2014
Added the movie The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Jul 20, 2012
Added photograph. Feb 18, 2011
Added Oscar nomination for Inception. Jan 25, 2011
New article added. Dec 02, 2010
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