Christopher Nolan

• British director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor
• Co-works with his brother
• Known for The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar, The Prestige, Inception etc.

Film style

• Recurring themes
• Protagonist seeks vengeance, psychologically damaged, traumatised, tortured, obsessive, driven
• Protagonist mirrors the antagonist
• Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale in The Prestige
• Batman and the Joker/Ra's Al Ghul/ Bane
• Urban settings
• Costuming
• Men in suits, muted colours
• Wide close-up conversations
• Moving camera
• One-takes
• Films with IMAX camera

Dark Knight

• Release date - 24 July 2008 (UK) 18 July 2008 (USA)
• Budget - $185,000,000 (estimated)
• Gross - $533,316,061 (USA)
• Production Companies - Warner Bros., Legendary Pictures, Syncopy

The Prestige

• Release date - 10 November 2006 (UK), October 20 (USA)