Christopher Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American filmmaker.
Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, Nolan is
considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century, and has been
nominated for five Academy Awards, five British Academy Film Awards and
six Golden Globe Awards. His films have grossed $5 billion worldwide,
and include The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), The Prestige (2006),
Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017) and Oppenheimer
(2023). Inception earned Nolan two Oscar nominations – Best Picture
and Best Original Screenplay. For Dunkirk, he also earned two Oscar
nominations, including his first for Best Director. He has co-written
several of his films with his brother Jonathan, and runs the production
company Syncopy Inc. with his wife Emma Thomas. In 2015, he was listed
as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time, and in
2019, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for
his contributions to film.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nolan>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
Off the coast of Crescent City, California, the steamer Brother
Jonathan (depicted) struck an uncharted rock and sank, killing 225
people; its cargo of gold coins was not retrieved until 1996.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Jonathan_%28steamer%29>
1930:
In Montevideo, the Uruguay national football team won the first
FIFA World Cup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup>
1950:
At the height of a political crisis known as the royal
question, four workers were shot dead by the Belgian Gendarmerie at a
strike in Grâce-Berleur.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_question>
2006:
Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story
building near the Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least 28
civilians, including 16 children.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Qana_airstrike>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
albethey:
(nonstandard, rare) Used when introducing information referring to a
plural phrase: alternative form of albeit
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/albethey>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We're the first and the last, ooh, After the blast. Chips of
Plutonium Are twinkling in every lung. I love my Beloved, ooh, All
and everywhere, Only the fools blew it. You and me Knew life itself
is Breathing …
--Kate Bush
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bush>
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