(Dan Tri) – Director Christopher Nolan has been with his wife – British filmmaker Emma Thomas – since 1997. The two met in college and fell in love at first sight when they met in the dormitory.
Director Christopher Nolan (53 years old) met filmmaker Emma Thomas (52 years old) at University College London (UK) when the two were students.
From their first meeting, they felt attracted to each other.
Director Nolan and his wife in 2005 (Photo: Daily Mail).
The couple’s love story is considered as beautiful as a movie.
In college, Nolan majored in English Literature, however, from an early age, he had an interest in filmmaking.
When interacting and meeting students, director Nolan is always interested in reminding about his love story during college.
At a student meeting event, Nolan once shared humorously: `My wife was my classmate in college. We have 4 children together. We also made many movies together. The important thing is that
Director Nolan also said he believes in love at first sight: `I believe in love at first sight, because it really happened to my husband and I.`
The couple affirmed that the love between them was love at first sight (Photo: Daily Mail).
The journey for director Nolan and his wife to enter the filmmaking industry began in 1998, when he came up with the idea for his first movie Following (1998), after a thief broke into his wife’s apartment.
Nolan wrote and directed this film, while Thomas participated in the film’s production.
They only have a film budget of about 2,000 pounds (more than 62 million VND).
The couple received many awards for their debut film Following.
The success of their first film has helped the couple have many favorable conditions to carry out their next film project.
Director Nolan and his wife appeared at the 2024 Oscars (Photo: Daily Mail).
In 2001, Nolan and his wife welcomed their first daughter, Flora, into the world.
In 2003, Nolan and Thomas collaborated with Warner Bros to make the movie Batman Begins, marking the couple’s move from low-budget independent films to the big-budget blockbuster genre.
The success of Batman Begins is the perfect runway for the Nolan couple to attract investors, giving them ideal conditions to make big-budget art films.
Director Nolan and his wife live quite a private life, but they do not hesitate to share about their marriage in interviews.
The couple has had a lasting marriage lasting nearly 3 decades (Photo: Daily Mail).
When promoting the film Dunkirk (2017), director Nolan revealed that the secret to his success is `always being with people who understand you and wholeheartedly support you, but at the same time dare to give their opinions.`
Nolan affirmed that he had found the most ideal companion in his filmmaking career, which is the partner who has accompanied him for nearly 3 decades.
The most impressive films in director Christopher Nolan’s career (Video: Daily Mail).
