Jonathan Nolan

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Jonathan Nolan at Comic-Con in San Diego 2017

Jonathan "Jonah" Nolan (born June 6, 1976 in London , United Kingdom ) is a British screenwriter . He is the brother of director Christopher Nolan and has worked on his films. He is the inventor of the television series Person of Interest and Westworld . He is working on the latter together with his wife Lisa Joy .

In 2018 he was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.

Career

Jonathan Nolan attended Loyola Academy in Wilmotte, Illinois, USA. There he passed his exam in 1994. He later graduated from the well-known Georgetown University in Washington, DC , which he left in 1999.

Nolan first became known to a larger audience through his brother's directional film Memento , released in 2000 . His script for this work caused a sensation in the professional world and received an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay . He wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Prestige - The Masters of Magic , which his brother again directed. The final breakthrough came with a renewed collaboration with his brother and the script for the two Academy Award-winning Batman sequel The Dark Knight .

Filmography

As a screenwriter
As an executive producer
As a director

Awards

Nominations

Awards

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Nolan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Nolan, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nolan, Jonah (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH London , UK