Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan was born in London in 1970, to a British father who worked in advertising and an American mother who was a flight attendant; he holds both nationalities and grew up between London and Chicago. He filmed at the age of seven with his father's Super 8 camera. A literature student at University College London, he made short films with the film society's equipment, then a first feature film in black and white, at weekends, for a few thousand pounds. He produces his films with his wife, Emma Thomas, and wrote several of them with his brother Jonathan.

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• CinemaMementoChristopher Nolan · 2000Cinema