Editing Christopher Nolan (section)

== Recognition ==
Nolan has made some of the most influential and popular films of his time.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references<ref>{{Cite news |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Itzkoff|date=30 June 2010 |title=A Man and His Dream: Christopher Nolan and ''Inception'' |work=[[The New York Times]]|url-access=limited |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/a-man-and-his-dream-christopher-nolan-and-inception/? |url-status=live |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105012419/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/a-man-and-his-dream-christopher-nolan-and-inception/ |archive-date=5 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tharpe|first=Frazier|title=The Creatives That Defined the 2010s: Christopher Nolan |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/tv-movie-creatives-that-defined-the-2010s/christopher-nolan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211091822/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/tv-movie-creatives-that-defined-the-2010s/christopher-nolan |date=22 November 2019|archive-date=11 December 2020 |access-date=23 November 2019 |publisher=[[Complex Networks]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Carey |first1=Graeme |title=The best movies from the 2000s |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/movies/the-best-movies-from-the-2000s/ss-AAV0O2z?li=BBoPJKU |date=13 March 2022 |publisher=[[MSN]] |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230212749/https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/movies/the-best-movies-from-the-2000s/ss-AAV0O2z?li=BBoPJKU |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nissim|first=Mayer|date=6 November 2013 |title=Quentin Tarantino is most-studied director in the UK |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a529084/quentin-tarantino-is-most-studied-director-in-the-uk.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108105528/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a529084/quentin-tarantino-is-most-studied-director-in-the-uk.html |archive-date=8 November 2013 |access-date=6 November 2013 |work=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>}} Many of his films have been regarded by critics as among the best of their respective decades,<ref name="Metadecade"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dietz|first=Jason |date=18 December 2019 |title=Best Movies of the Decade (2010–19) |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-movies-of-the-decade-2010s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101162640/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-movies-of-the-decade-2010s |archive-date=1 January 2020 |access-date=18 December 2019 |publisher=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Phipps |first1=Keith |last2=Robinson |first2=Tasha |last3=Rabin |first3=Nathan |last4=Tobias |first4=Scott |last5=Murray |first5=Noel |date=3 December 2009 |title=The best films of the '00s |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-best-films-of-the-00s-1798222348 |url-status=live |access-date=27 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129185236/https://film.avclub.com/the-best-films-of-the-00s-1798222348 |archive-date=29 November 2019}}</ref> and according to ''The Wall Street Journal'', his "ability to combine box-office success with artistic ambition has given him an extraordinary amount of clout in the industry".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fritz |first=Ben |title=Why Hollywood Loves ''Interstellar'' Director Christopher Nolan |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-hollywood-loves-interstellar-director-christopher-nolan-1414677657 |url-status=live |access-date=30 October 2014|date=30 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102063958/http://online.wsj.com/articles/why-hollywood-loves-interstellar-director-christopher-nolan-1414677657 |archive-date=2 November 2014|url-access=subscription}} {{subscription required}}</ref> His films have earned more than $6{{nbsp}}billion.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fernandes |first1=Marriska |title=Christopher Nolan on ''Oppenheimer'', Filmmaker Fears, and Telling a Great Story |url=https://sharpmagazine.com/2023/11/15/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-interview/ |access-date=17 November 2023 |work=[[Sharp (magazine)|Sharp]] |date=15 November 2023 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117140225/https://sharpmagazine.com/2023/11/15/christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Nolan's films ''Memento'' and ''The Dark Knight'' have been selected by the US Library of Congress to be preserved in the [[National Film Registry]] for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.<ref name="NFR1">{{Cite news |first= Cynthia|last= Littleton|date=13 December 2017 |title=''Titanic'', ''The Goonies'', ''Field of Dreams'', ''Memento'' Added to National Film Registry |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/the-goonies-titanic-field-of-dreams-die-hard-national-film-registry-1202638298/ |url-status=live |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213101146/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/the-goonies-titanic-field-of-dreams-die-hard-national-film-registry-1202638298/ |archive-date=13 December 2017 |access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="NFR2">{{Cite news |last=Mcnary |first=Dave |date=14 December 2020 |title=''Dark Knight'', ''Shrek'', ''Grease'', ''Blues Brothers'' Added to National Film Registry |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/dark-knight-shrek-grease-blues-brothers-national-film-registry-1234852610/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214153224/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/dark-knight-shrek-grease-blues-brothers-national-film-registry-1234852610/amp/ |archive-date=14 December 2020 |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> These films and ''Inception'' appeared in [[BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century]] and ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'s}} poll of best films ever made.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2016 |title=The 21st Century's 100 greatest films |url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131124228/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |archive-date=31 January 2017 |access-date=21 January 2017 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/100-best-films-ever-hollywood-favorites-818512/ | date=25 June 2014 | work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705214119/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/100-best-films-ever-hollywood-favorites-818512/item/ghostbusters-hollywoods-100-favorite-films-818454 |archive-date=5 July 2019 |url-status=live| access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref> In 2017, ''The Dark Knight'', ''Inception'' and ''Interstellar'' featured in ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's poll of "The 100 Greatest Movies".<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 June 2017 |title=The 100 Greatest Movies |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171129203213/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movies/ |archive-date=29 November 2017 |access-date=29 August 2017 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref> In 2018, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' listed Nolan as one of the 100 most powerful people in entertainment and described him as a "franchise unto himself".<ref>{{Cite news |editor-last=Brower|editor-first=Alison|date=20 September 2018 |title=''The Hollywood Reporter'' 100: The Most Powerful People in Entertainment 2018 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-people-entertainment-1142979/item/thr-100-2018-randy-freer-1143892 |url-status=live |access-date=2 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925095058/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/thr-100-hollywood-reporters-powerful-people-entertainment-1142979/item/thr-100-2018-randy-freer-1143892 |archive-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'' ranked Nolan number eight in its 2022 list of 75 Best Movie Directors of All Time.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reinstein |first1=Mara |title=The 75 Best Movie Directors of All Time |url=https://parade.com/1048720/maramovies/best-directors/ |access-date=1 December 2022 |work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127043804/https://parade.com/1048720/maramovies/best-directors/ |archive-date=27 November 2022}}</ref>

[[File:National Film Registry logo vector.svg|thumb|Two of Nolan's films (''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]'' and ''[[The Dark Knight]]'') have been selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]].<ref name="NFR1"/><ref name="NFR2"/>|alt=Four-color National Film Registry logo on black background]]

Nolan's work has been as "intensely embraced, analysed and debated by ordinary film fans as by critics and film academics".<ref name="Lewis-Kraus" /><ref name="Descriptions">{{Cite web |date=27 November 2012 |title=An Evening With Christopher Nolan |url=http://www.ifccenter.com/films/an-evening-with-christopher-nolan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724221708/http://www.ifccenter.com/films/an-evening-with-christopher-nolan/ |archive-date=24 July 2013 |access-date=6 July 2013 |publisher=[[IFC Center]]}}</ref> Calling him "a persuasively inventive storyteller", [[Geoff Andrew]] of the British Film Institute named Nolan one of the few contemporary filmmakers producing highly personal films within the Hollywood mainstream. Andrew wrote that Nolan's films are "not so much [notable] for their considerable technical virtuosity and visual flair as for their brilliant narrative ingenuity and their unusually adult interest in complex philosophical questions".<ref>{{Cite news |year=2012 |title=Christopher Nolan |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=92EC9074-583B-4953-AAFA-52B5F705731C |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180635/https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=92EC9074-583B-4953-AAFA-52B5F705731C |archive-date=20 June 2018}}</ref> David Bordwell observed that Nolan is "considered one of the most accomplished living filmmakers", citing his ability to turn genre movies into both art and event films, as well as his box office numbers, critical acclaim and popularity among cinemagoers.<ref name="Bordwell2019" /><ref name="BordwellDunkirk">{{Cite web |author=Bordwell, David|title=''Dunkirk'' Part 2: The art film as event movie |url=http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2017/08/09/dunkirk-part-2-the-art-film-as-event-movie/ |date=9 August 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810170522/http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2017/08/09/dunkirk-part-2-the-art-film-as-event-movie/ |archive-date=10 August 2017 |access-date=10 August 2017 |work=DavidBordwell.net|author-link=David Bordwell}}</ref> In 2008, [[Philip French]] deemed Nolan "the first major talent to emerge this century".<ref name="French-50">{{Cite news |last=French|first=Philip|author-link=Philip French|title=The top 50|date= 13 April 2008 |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/apr/13/features.culture2 |url-status=live |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227024901/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/apr/13/features.culture2 |archive-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> [[Mark Kermode]] complimented Nolan for bringing "the discipline and ethics of art-house independent moviemaking and apply[ing] them to Hollywood blockbusters. He's living proof that you don't have to appeal to the lowest common denominator to be profitable".<ref>{{Cite news|last=East|first=Ben |date=14 June 2013 |title=Newsmaker: Christopher Nolan is a different kind of storyteller |work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |url=http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/newsmaker-christopher-nolan-is-a-different-kind-of-storyteller#page2 |url-status=live |access-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223144206/http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/newsmaker-christopher-nolan-is-a-different-kind-of-storyteller#page2 |archive-date=23 February 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]''{{'s}} Ryan Gilbey described Nolan as a "skillful, stylish storyteller, capable of combining the spectacle of Spielberg with the intellectual intricacy of [[Nicolas Roeg]] or [[Alain Resnais]]".<ref name="Observer17">{{Cite web |last=Gilbey |first=Ryan |date=23 July 2017 |title=Christopher Nolan: from superheroes to ''Dunkirk''{{'s}} small tales of heroism |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/22/christopher-nolan-dunkirk-batman-observer-profile-profile |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630131849/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/22/christopher-nolan-dunkirk-batman-observer-profile-profile |archive-date=30 June 2019 |access-date=30 June 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> [[Mark Cousins (film critic)|Mark Cousins]] applauded Nolan for embracing big ideas, "Hollywood filmmakers generally shy away from ideas—but not Christopher Nolan".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cousins|first=Mark|date=25 August 2010|title=Widescreen: Hollywood's big ideas |url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/widescreen-hollywoods-big-ideas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720171750/https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/widescreen-hollywoods-big-ideas |archive-date=20 July 2018 |access-date=5 September 2018 |work=[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]}}</ref> Scott Foundas of ''Variety'' declared Nolan "the premier big-canvas storyteller of his generation",<ref>{{Cite magazine |first=Scott |last=Foundas|title=Film Review: ''Interstellar'' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-interstellar-1201338475/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029234605/http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-interstellar-1201338475/ |archive-date=29 October 2014 |access-date=30 October 2014|date=27 October 2014}}</ref> and [[Justin Chang]] of the ''Los Angeles Times'' called him "the great [[proceduralist]] of 21st century blockbuster filmmaking, a lover of nuts-and-bolts minutiae".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chang|first=Justin |author-link=Justin Chang|date=22 August 2018|title=Ten years after it changed Hollywood, ''The Dark Knight'' is back in theaters. Accept no substitutes |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-dark-knight-10th-anniversary-20180822-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822230952/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-dark-knight-10th-anniversary-20180822-story.html |archive-date=22 August 2018}}</ref>

Nolan has been praised by many of his contemporaries, and his work has influenced them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Erbland |first=Kate |date=2 June 2017 |title=Duncan Jones on How He Models His Career After Christopher Nolan – Q&A |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/duncan-jones-warcraft-christopher-nolan-moon-mute-interview-1201682897/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411124616/https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/duncan-jones-warcraft-christopher-nolan-moon-mute-interview-1201682897/ |archive-date=11 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Edward |title=Exclusive: Sam Mendes Says He Was 'Not at All' Interested In Bond At First, Took Direct Inspiration From Nolan's ''Dark Knight'' Films |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/10/exclusive-sam-mendes-says-he-was-not-at-all-interested-in-bond-at-first-took-direct-inspiration-from-nolans-dark-knight-films-250672/ |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=14 December 2022 |date=18 October 2012 |archive-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214210716/https://www.indiewire.com/2012/10/exclusive-sam-mendes-says-he-was-not-at-all-interested-in-bond-at-first-took-direct-inspiration-from-nolans-dark-knight-films-250672/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=13 July 2012 |title=''The Dark Knight'' Effect – How Hollywood fell for – and learned from – the greatest superhero sequel ever made |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/dark-knight-effect/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113083236/http://www.empireonline.com/features/the-dark-knight-effect |archive-date=13 November 2012 |access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> [[Kenneth Branagh]] called Nolan's approach to large-scale filmmaking "unique in modern cinema", adding, "regardless of how popular his movies become, he remains an artist and an auteur. I think for that reason he has become a heroic figure for both the audience and the people working behind the camera."<ref>{{cite news |title=Kenneth Branagh must evacuate soldiers trapped in ''Dunkirk'' |url=https://pop.inquirer.net/37978/kenneth-branagh-must-evacuate-soldiers-trapped-dunkirk |access-date=14 December 2022 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=17 July 2017 |archive-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214210718/https://pop.inquirer.net/37978/kenneth-branagh-must-evacuate-soldiers-trapped-dunkirk |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Michael Mann]] complimented Nolan for his "singular vision" and credited with "invent[ing] the post-heroic superhero".{{sfn|Shone|2020|p=19–20}} Nicolas Roeg said of Nolan, "People talk about 'commercial art' and the term is usually self-negating; Nolan works in the commercial arena and yet there's something very poetic about his work."{{sfn|Shone|2020|p=20}} [[Martin Scorsese]] identified Nolan as a filmmaker creating "beautifully made films on a big scale".<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 October 2015 |title=Martin Scorsese: There's always the budget, but I am more concerned about the creative freedom |work=Film Talk |url=http://filmtalk.org/2015/10/26/martin-scorsese-theres-always-the-budget-but-i-am-more-concerned-about-the-creative-freedom/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025044907/https://filmtalk.org/2015/10/26/martin-scorsese-theres-always-the-budget-but-i-am-more-concerned-about-the-creative-freedom/ |archive-date=25 October 2016}}</ref>

[[Damien Chazelle]] lauded Nolan for his ability "to make the most seemingly impersonal projects—superhero epics, deep-space mind-benders—feel deeply personal".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bryant|first=Jacob|title=Damien Chazelle on ''Dunkirk'' |url=https://variety.com/gallery/directors-on-directors-get-out-lady-bird/#!2/dunkirk-13 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206041800/http://variety.com/gallery/directors-on-directors-get-out-lady-bird/#!2/dunkirk-13 |archive-date=6 December 2017 |access-date=6 December 2017|date=5 December 2017}}</ref> Discussing the difference between [[art film]]s and big studio blockbusters, Steven Spielberg referred to Nolan's ''Dark Knight'' series as an example of both;<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=In conversation with Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider on The Front Row |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r69N56plrDE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205223650/http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r69N56plrDE |archive-date=5 December 2013 |access-date=11 December 2022 |publisher=[[Star World (Indian TV channel)|Star World]]|time=4:45|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> he has described ''Memento'' and ''Inception'' as "masterworks".<ref name="TIE">{{cite news |title=Christopher Nolan turns 49: Here is what Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and other directors say about him |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/happy-birthday-christopher-nolan-steven-spielberg-james-cameron-5860421/ |access-date=11 December 2022 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=30 July 2019|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223072100/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/happy-birthday-christopher-nolan-steven-spielberg-james-cameron-5860421/ |archive-date=23 December 2021}}</ref> [[Denis Villeneuve]] was impressed by Nolan's ability "to keep his identity and create his own universe in that large scope{{nbsp}}... To bring intellectual concepts and to bring them in that scope to the screen right now—it's very rare. Every movie that he comes out with, I have more admiration for his work."<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Falt|first=Chris|date=22 December 2017 |title=Denis Villenueve Aspires to Be Like Christopher Nolan, and Why He Wants to Make ''Dune'' |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/12/denis-villenueve-influences-christopher-nolan-steven-spielberg-ingmar-bergman-1201904623/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223192347/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/12/denis-villenueve-influences-christopher-nolan-steven-spielberg-ingmar-bergman-1201904623/ |archive-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> [[James Cameron]] expressed disappointment that Nolan was not nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director for ''Inception'', calling it "the most astounding piece of film creation and direction of the year, hands down".<ref name="TIE"/>