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Christopher Nolan Biography

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Edward Nolan (/ˈnoʊlən/; born 30 July 1970) is an English film director, screenwriter, and producer who holds both British and American citizenship. He is one of the highest-grossing directors in history, and among the most acclaimed and influential filmmakers of the 21st century.

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What I try to do is write from the inside out. I really try to jump into the world of the film and the characters, try to imagine myself in that world rather than imagining it as a film I'm watching onscreen. Sometimes, that means I'm discovering things the way the audience will, with character and story.

Character, Characters, Imagine, Mean, Onscreen, Writing

Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that they have a handle on exactly where the character is in the chronology of things. In that sense the actors become your best check on the logic of the piece, and the way in which it all fits together. They become essential collaborators. The main thing is you have to work with very smart actors.

Character, Collaborators, Smart, Thing, Views

Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.

Exact, Expands, Image, Movie, Should Have, World

The film's title star, Christian Bale, told me in June that he'd signed a multi-picture contract. When I caught up with Batman Begins. . . All I can tell you is, we're talking. There was quite an air of secrecy around the development of 'Batman Begins,' and there will be even more around the development of another film, if they move forward.

Bale, Christian, Film, Moving, Stars

The quality of racing continues to excel with starters increasing to 1496,.

Continues, Excel, Excellence, Quality, Racing

I've always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies.

Guy, Kinds, Movie, Movie Love, Thing, Things I Love

It's difficult to keep anything fresh for an audience these days. With technology being what it is people seem to know everything there is to know about a film before you've even made it.

Days, Everything, Film, Keep, People, Technology

I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time.

Dream, Film, Interested, Kid, Kids, Long

I've always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great film, you have to take a lot of risks.

Film, Risk, Risks, Take, Trying, Want

I'm a very fortunate person. I get to choose the movies that I want to do. I have a lot of friends in this industry that don't get to do that. I grew up in L. A. A lot of my friends are actors so I realize every day how lucky I am to have this opportunity, so while I'm here, I'm going to try to do exactly what I want.

Grew, Industry, Lots Of Friends, Opportunity, Realize, Trying

It's always a fun collaboration with my brother. I'm very fortunate to be able to work with him. There's an honesty to collaboration. There's a lack of a gender or ego in our conversations. And so you can really throw anything around.

Brother, Fun, Gender, Honesty

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.

Actors, Architecture, Interest, Job, Jobs, Movie

I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.

Considered, Extraordinary, Lucky, Person, Persons, Pessimist

The film that really struck me was Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. That was a film I watched many, many times and found endlessly fascinating in it's density. I think the density of that film is primarily visual density, atmospheric, sound density, moreso than narrative density.

Blade Runner, Primarily, Sound, Think, Thinking, Watched

It's very important that a film that intends to play tricks on the audience. . . has to play fair with the audience. For me, any time you're going to have a reveal in the film, it's essential that it have been shown to the audience as much as possible. What that means is that some people are going to figure it out very early on. Other people not til the end. Everybody watches the film differently.

Essential, Figure, Mean, People, Play, Til

Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these. . . these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. -The Joker

Chips, Civilized, Curves, Dark, Knights, Like

I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

Book, Knowing, Leonard, Memento, Reading

I just love photographing things and putting them together to tell a story.

Love, Stories, Tell, Things, Together

I studied English Literature. I wasn’t a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making films at the same time with the college film society, was that I started thinking about the narrative freedoms that authors had enjoyed for centuries and it seemed to me that filmmakers should enjoy those freedoms as well.

College, Films, Literature, Making, Thing, Thinking

What I love about IMAX is with its extraordinary resolution and color reproduction it's a very rich image with incredible detail. It lends itself wonderfully to huge shots with much in the frame. Thousands of extras and all the rest.

Extras, Incredibles, Reproduction, Resolution, Rich

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