Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Edward Nolan is a British film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the highest-grossing directors in history, and among the most successful and acclaimed filmmakers of the 21st century...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 July 1970
lucky pessimist persons
I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.
character light plot
My most enjoyable movie going experiences have always been going to a movie theater, sitting there and the lights go down and a film comes on the screen that you don't know everything about, and you don't know every plot turn and every character movement that's going to happen.
dream kids thinking
I've been fascinated by dreams my whole life, since I was a kid, and I think the relationship between movies and dreams is something that's always interested me.
design sound film
I like films where the music and the sound design, at times, are almost indistinguishable.
men tone steel
We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel.
understanding filmmaker imagery
One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.
motivational thinking ideas
Films are subjective - what you like, what you don't like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film go up on-screen, I want to feel that the people who made that film think it's the best movie in the world, that they poured everything into it and they really love it. Whether or not I agree with what they've done, I want that effort there - I want that sincerity. And when you don't feel it, that's the only time I feel like I'm wasting my time at the movies.
dream littles darling
You musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
believe writing emotional
What I react against in other people's work, as a filmgoer, is when I see something in a movie that I feel is supposed to make me feel emotional, but I don't believe the filmmaker shares that emotion. They just think the audience will. And I think you can feel that separation. So any time I find myself writing something that I don't really respond to, but I'm telling myself, 'Oh yes, but the audience is going to like this,' then I know I'm on the wrong track and I just throw it out.
cameras stories shots
A camera is a camera, a shot is a shot, how you tell the story is the main thing.
risk trying want
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.
movie inspiring actors
The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.
different film audience
I like films that continue to spin your head in all sorts of different directions after you've seen them.
curiosity
You're never going to learn something as profoundly as when it's purely out of curiosity