Christopher Jonathan James Nolan (born July 30, 1970) is a film director, writer and producer. The son of an English father and American mother, Nolan is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and United States. He is married to Emma Thomas, his longtime producer. They have four children together and reside in Los Angeles. He often collaborates with his brother, author Jonathan Nolan. Nolan is best known for directing the psychological thriller Memento, and for reviving the Batman film franchise as the director of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight .

Christopher Nolan is an Irish poet and author. Nolan grew up in Mullingar, Ireland, but later moved to Dublin to attend college. He was educated at the Central Remedial Clinic School, Mount Temple Comprehensive School and at Trinity College, Dublin. Nolan has won the Whitbread Book Award, for his autobiography. Due to birth complications, Nolan was born with cerebral palsy, and can only move his head and eyes.