Christopher Nolan |
| A Memento of the Future |
 Christopher Nolan was born in London on July, 30th in 1970 as a child of a British father and an American mother. He began making film with his father's super 8mm camera and an assortment of male action figures. While an undergraduate at University College in London his super 8mm surreal short "Tarantella" was shown in the US on PBS' "Image Union" in 1989. Nolan then studied English Literature at University College London. Meanwhile he continued making film, now at the college film society and in 16mm. By the mid-90s, he had hooked up with Jeremy Theobald who appeared in the short movie"Larceny" (which was shown at the Cambridge Film Festival in 1996) and the three-minute surreal film "Doodlebug". It was Theobald who co-produced and stared as the lead in Chrsitopher Nolan's first full feature called Following. Following, a no-budget black-and-white movie produced in London over a one year period of time and finished in 1998 received muliple awards including the Rotterdam International Film Festival's Tiger Award and the Slamdance Black & White Award. This allowed Nolan to direct the highly acclaimed film Memento in 2000, for which he also wrote the screenplay. Memento is now nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Screenplay and Best Edit). Nolan's last project, the thriller-remake Insomnia starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams opened in May 2002. Chris Nolan is married to Emma Thomas, who produced Following and Memento. She gave birth to their daughter during the filming of Insomnia. |