Christopher Nolan - History and Views

Christopher Nolan

Brief History

Christopher Nolan (Born July 30^th 1970, London, England) is a film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing ‘The Dark Knight Trilogy’ and Inception. As of 2013 he has directed eight feature films. His films have grossed over $3.5 Billion worldwide. As of 2013 he is also one of only three directors who has directed two feature films that have grossed over $1 Billion worldwide (The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises) the others being James Cameron (Titanic and Avatar) and Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey). His next feature film will be ‘Interstellar’ which he is directing, writing and producing and will be released in 2014 under film studios Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros and Syncopy.

Filmography

1. Following - 1998 (Director, Writer and Producer)

2. Memento - 2000 (Director and Writer)

3. Insomnia - 2002 (Director)

4. Batman Begins - 2005 (Director, Writer and Producer)

5. The Prestige - 2006 (Director, Writer and Producer)

6. The Dark Knight - 2008 (Director, Writer and Producer)

7. Inception - 2010 (Director, Writer and Producer)

8. The Dark Knight Rises - 2012 (Director, Writer and Producer)

9. Man of Steel - 2013 (Writer and Producer)

10. Transcendence - 2014 (Producer)

11. Interstellar - 2014 (Director, Writer and Producer)

 

Why I think he is a great director?

In my opinion Christopher Nolan is one of the greatest filmmakers alive today. He makes consistently great films and never seems to disappoint. Whether it’s his smaller budget films like ‘Insomnia’ or ‘The Prestige’ or his big budget films like ‘The Dark Knight Trilogy’ or ‘Inception’ he never makes a bad film and he always amazes me when he brings out a new film out and I see it for the first time.

I have five of his eight films on DVD or Blu-Ray and those are Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Prestige and Inception which are five of my favourite films because of how well they were made.

Christopher Nolan is also a rare director who writes his own films and has original ideas like ‘Inception’ or ‘Interstellar’ which push the boundaries of film making. ‘Inception’ probably being one of the most clever films ever made that actually still makes sense (well to most people).

I also think he is one of the only directors to direct three consistently good films in a trilogy with ‘Batman Begins’, ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ all being great films which are probably in my top five favourite DC Comic films.

I also look forward to seeing his future feature films and see what he has to bring next and see if he can top his previous work which will be hard to do due to his great consistent films.