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 war movies with his older brother Matt using his father's super 8mm camera and an assortment of male action figures. At the age of seven Star Wars came out and influenced him to do short science fiction films in the verge of George Lucas space saga.

Nolan was living in Chicago at that time and also made films together with Adrien and Roko Belic.

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" and the three-minute surreal film "Doodlebug".

It was Theobald who co-produced and stared as the lead in Christopher 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 multiple 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.

His future projects include The Dark Knight (2008).

Director

• The Dark Knight (2008)
• The Prestige (2006)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Cinema16: British Short Films (2003) 
• Insomnia (2002)
• Memento (2000)
• Following (1998)
• Doodlebug (1997)

Awards

• Chicago Film Critics Award Best Screenplay "Memento" 2002
• Independent Spirit Award Best Feature "Memento" 2002
• Independent Spirit Award Best Director "Memento" 2002
• Independent Spirit Award Best Screenplay "Memento" 2002
• MTV Movie Awards Best New Filmmaker 2002
• American Film Institute Award Screenwriter of the Year "Memento" 2001
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Screenplay "Memento" 2001
• British Independent Film Award Best Foreign Independent Film (English Language) "Memento" 2001
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Screenplay "Memento" 2001
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Russell Smith Award "Memento" 2001
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Screenplay "Memento" 2001
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award Best Picture "Memento" 2001
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) "Memento" 2001
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Screenplay "Memento" 2001
• Online Film Critics Society Award Best Picture "Memento" 2001
• Online Film Critics Society Award Best Adapted Screenplay "Memento" 2001
• Online Film Critics Society Award Breakthrough Filmmaker "Memento" 2001
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Award Best Picture "Memento" 2001
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Award Best Original Screenplay "Memento" 2001
• Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award "Memento" 2001
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award Best Film "Memento" 2001
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award Best Screenplay "Memento" 2001
• London Film Critics' Circle Award Best British Screenplay "Memento" 2000