Filmography
The most popular and beloved filmmaker of our time was already experimenting with form, narrative structures and cinematic time in his debut feature. He soon succeeded in translating these artistic concerns to the scale of large productions and remains to this day the leading figure of contemporary auteur-driven blockbuster.


Right from his debut, Christopher Nolan proved himself a filmmaker of remarkable precision and ambition with this hypnotic neo-noir, obsessed with Time, fractured storytelling, and constantly shifting perspectives, anticipating the themes of the masterpieces that followed. — An unemployed writer who secretly tails strangers for inspiration becomes involved with Cobb, a charismatic burglar who introduces him to the seductive and dangerous world of breaking into other people’s lives. — Tiger Award | Rotterdam International Film Festival | 1998 Best First Feature | San Francisco International Film Festival | 1998

A film that begins at the end and ends at the beginning - or, put differently, the defining cinematic puzzle that established Christopher Nolan as one of the most exciting directors of his generation back in the 2000s, becoming a cult obsession for millennials everywhere. — A private investigator suffering from a rare condition that prevents him from forming long-term memories attempts to track down his wife’s killer, relying on two people he cannot be sure he should trust. — Nomination for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 2002 Nomination for Best Film Editing | Oscars | 2002 Nomination for Best Screenplay | Golden Globes | 2002 Official Selection - Cinema of the Present | Venice Film Festival | 2000 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | Sundance Film Festival | 2001

Christopher Nolan masterfully turns the relentless light into a mechanism of psychological erosion, mapping with his trademark directorial precision the slow unraveling of a man who can no longer distinguish between what is right and what is necessary. — A veteran detective arrives in a small Alaskan town to investigate the murder of a young girl. As the endless daylight of the polar summer robs him of sleep, a fatal mistake draws him into a vicious cycle of guilt, cover-ups, and psychological disintegration.
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