Information about the producer Christopher Nolan, including examples of his films

1. By Jade Jelley

2. The following are some quotes given by the
actors of some of his movies:
 Wally Pfister ( Momento) – “Chris has an
incredible political sense of dealing with the
powers that be, the production managers or
the producers”.
 Michael Caine (Batman) - “And he reminds
me of all the great directors I've worked
with”.
 Larry Franco (Producer) – “Chris’s drive for
realism made the production more
challenging in some respects and easier in
others”
Christopher Nolan uses many of the
same actors in each of his films, this is
believed to be because he has built a
relationship with each of them. ‘The
actors know what Nolan expects and
Nolan feels that they can deliver his
requests’.

3. Christopher Jonathan James Nolan was
born on the 30th July 1970. He is an
English-American film director,
screenwriter, and producer. He has
directed several of the most acclaimed and
commercially successful films of the early
21st century. His nine films have grossed
over $4.2 billion worldwide and garnered a
total of 26 Oscar nominations and seven
awards.

4. Some of the many actors that have worked with Christopher Nolan are:
 Michael Caine –
1. Batman Begins (2005)
2. The Prestige (2006)
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
4. Inception (2010)
5. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
6. Interstellar (2014)
 Christian Bale
1. Batman Begins (2005)
2. The Prestige (2006)
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
4. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
 Cillian Murphy
1. Batman Begins (2005)
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
3. Inception (2010)
4. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

5.  Morgan Freeman –
1. Batman Begins (2005)
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
3. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
 Gary Oldman –
1. Batman Begins (2005)
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
3. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
 Anne Hathaway –
1. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
2. Interstellar (2014)
 Joseph Gordon-Levitt –
1. Inception (2010)
2. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
 Marion Cotillard –
1. Inception (2010)
2. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

6.  Tom Hardy –
1. Inception (2010)
2. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
 Ken Watanabe –
1. Batman Begins (2005)
2. Inception (2010)
 Mark Boone Junior –
1. Memento (2000)
2. Batman Begins (2005)
 William Devane –
1. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
2. Interstellar (2014)

7. A few of the typical narratives
used by Christopher Nolan are:
 Psychological Thrillers
 Action
 Adventure
 Noir
 Sci - fi

8. Christopher Nolan uses a range of different shot
types, colours and music during his movies, in
order to grab the audiences attention.
Christopher Nolan’s signature shot is the roll, a
camera movement in which the camera does a
barrel roll that turns everything in view on its
side, or—if it keeps turning—upside-down. It is
very rare, however Nolan decided to use it on a
few occasions during his movies.
He is regarded as an auteur and postmodern
filmmaker, Nolan's visual style emphasises urban
settings, men in suits, muted colours, dialogue
scenes framed in wide close-up with a shallow
depth of field and modern locations and
architecture. He has noted that all of his films are
heavily influenced by film noir.
Christopher often uses editing as a way to
represent the characters' psychological states,
merging their subjectivity with that of the
audience
He also uses cinéma-vérité techniques (such as
hand-held camera work) to convey realism
throughout his films.