Christopher Nolan is chosen as the inspirational figure due to his success directing thriller films like The Dark Knight trilogy and Inception. Nolan creates films with complex narratives, action scenes, and elements of different genres blended together. He inspires the document's author both through the type of films Nolan directs and the difficult tasks required to make blockbuster films. Nolan's early short film Doodlebug is discussed as something that could provide inspiration for the author's own short psychological thriller due to its nonlinear plot and themes of fate.