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Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas to receive a knighthood and damehood​

"Film director Christopher Nolan and his wife, film producer Emma Thomas, are to receive a knighthood and damehood respectively.

The government said the pair were being honoured for their services to film.

Earlier this month, Nolan won his first-ever best director Oscar for Oppenheimer, his film about the father of the atomic bomb.

That film, which Thomas produced, swept the board at the 2024 ceremony, picking up seven prizes in total.

Accepting the best picture prize, Thomas said: "I think any of us who make movies dream of this moment. But it seemed so unlikely that it would ever actually happen."

Nolan had previously been nominated for six Academy Awards, but had never won an Oscar for directing until this year's ceremony.

Aside from Oppenheimer, Thomas has also worked on a string of other Nolan films including Tenet, Dunkirk, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Batman Begins, Insomnia and Memento.

The pair met while they were students at University College London and they married in 1997.

They have four children together and live in Los Angeles."

Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas to receive a knighthood and damehood

The pair have worked on a string of films and are being honoured for services to their industry.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[22:22:22]

Ehh "that one director" will do.

 

[22:22:22]

Where's Sir Kubrick? Oh..

 

[BobLeeSwagger]

They better market his next movie as Academy Award Winner Sir Christopher Nolan

 

[INC]

OK....now let him make the next bond film

 

[willothedog]

being knighted is not that special, they made this monster one.

 

[Porcile]

Instead of a knighthood he should've been banished to some penal colony in the British Empire somewhere for making Tenet.

 

[clarky]

Instead of a knighthood he should've been banished to some penal colony in the British Empire somewhere for making Tenet.

Nah he gets a pass from me, the guy has a great hit rate. He's allowed the one dud.

On topic, knighthood's are complete bollocks mostly reserved for celebrity and political donors. Shit should be exclusively for members of the public who do amazing deed's and make massive sacrifices.

This one for Nolan is just to give credibility to that Tory donor knighthood before they get kick out of the door later this year.

 

[Stitch]

 

[Trilobit]

As I'm not British I'll never call anyone 'Sir'.

 

[near]

As I'm not British I'll never call anyone 'Sir'.

I went to a grammar school and it was obligatory to refer to all male teachers as sir or else.

 

[poppabk]

As I'm not British I'll never call anyone 'Sir'.

...without following it with "you're making a scene"

 

[Wastelander92]

Finally getting proper respect for Tenet.

 

[Mithos]

I went to a grammar school and it was obligatory to refer to all male teachers as sir or else.

Then I would have chosen to call them else...

 

[M1chl]

cringe, massive one at that

 

[ReBurn]

I'm gonna call him saint after he becomes pope and then dies

 

[Soodanim]

He is knighthood.

 

[FunkMiller]

Well deserved.

 

[John Bilbo]

Needs more bass.

 

[Dr.D00p]

Surprised he's accepting it, TBH.

Isn't he some sort of weird tri-nationality, citizen of nowhere tosser, thesedays.

 

[22:22:22]

I'm going to introduce myself IRL as Sir 'name' from now on. And if they respond with hello 'name' I'll be quickly to interject with Sir 'name' if you please. Kthxbye