In some way, in a profession that’s produced a number of the most acclaimed and common movies of the twenty first century, Christopher Nolan has by no means received an Oscar. Whereas his movies have picked up stray prizes right here or there, Nolan himself has gone unrecognized by the Academy Awards till now.
2024 was lastly Nolan’s second. The person behind such fashionable classics as Memento, The Status, The Darkish Knight, Inception, and extra took residence the Academy Award for Greatest Director for his work on the blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer. Nolan prevailed within the face of main competitors, beating out Anatomy of a Fall’s Justine Triet, Killers of the Flower Moon’s Martin Scorsese, Poor Issues’ Yorgos Lanthimos, and The Zone of Curiosity’s Jonathan Glazer.
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Nolan had been nominated for Oscars on 5 earlier events. His first nomination got here approach again in 2002, when he was a contender for Greatest Authentic Screenplay for Memento. It’s absurd to suppose he didn’t win that award, however he didn’t; Gosford Park received the Authentic Screenplay award for 2001. He wouldn’t rating one other nomination for nearly a decade, till Inception was nominated for Greatest Image and Greatest Authentic Screenplay. Once more, Nolan misplaced — to The King’s Speech in each classes.
In 2018, Nolan was nominated once more, this time for Greatest Image and Greatest Director for his battle film Dunkirk. He misplaced these awards to The Form of Water and Guillermo del Toro, respectively. However 2024 was lastly Nolan’s yr.
Oppenheimer is now out there to stream on Peacock.
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