Somehow, in a profession that’s produced among the most acclaimed and standard movies of the twenty first century, Christopher Nolan has by no means gained an Oscar. While 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 man behind such fashionable classics as Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, and extra took residence the Academy Award for Best 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 Things’ Yorgos Lanthimos, and The Zone of Interest’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 Best Original Screenplay for Memento. It’s absurd to assume he didn’t win that award, however he didn’t; Gosford Park gained the Original Screenplay award for 2001. He wouldn’t rating one other nomination for nearly a decade, till Inception was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Again, Nolan misplaced — to The King’s Speech in each classes.
In 2018, Nolan was nominated once more, this time for Best Picture and Best Director for his warfare film Dunkirk. He misplaced these awards to The Shape of Water and Guillermo del Toro, respectively. But 2024 was lastly Nolan’s yr.
Oppenheimer is now accessible to stream on Peacock.
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