ca2012 - assignment 1 - christopher nolan

Christopher Nolan Director - Screenwriter

• Born in 1970 at London, England, UK

• Began making films at the age of seven using his father's super 8mm camera

• Studied English Literature at University College London while starting to make 16mm films at the college film society

• His short film 'larceny' was shown at the Cambridge Film Festival in 1996.

Films

Following (1998) • First feature film

• $6,000 Budget

• Directed the film from his own script, and also photographed and edited it himself.

Memento (2000)

• A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.

Batman Begins (2005)

• First Batman film in Reboot Trilogy

• More realistic than the previous films

The Prestige (2006)

• The rivalry between two magicians is exacerbated when one of them performs the ultimate illusion.

The Dark Knight (2008)

• Second installment in Nolan’s Batman trilogy

• Won 2 Oscars

• Financial Success $1,001,921,825 (worldwide)

Inception (2010) • In a world where technology

exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception.

• Innovative Plot • Won 4 Oscars

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Man Of Steel (2013)

Inspiration

• Creative uses of Non-Linear Timeline

• Realistic Reboot Films

• Interesting Character

Thank You

• Reference - Christopher Nolan Biography – IMDb http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634240/bio - Christopher Nolan – Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nolan - Nolan Fans http://www.nolanfans.com/tag/christopher-nolan/