Tribeca Talks Directors Series: Christopher Nolan with Bennett Miller

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TRIBECA TALKS DIRECTORS SERIES: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN WITH BENNETT MILLER

As one of the most critically and commercially successful filmmakers of our time, Christopher Nolan will discuss his ability to push boundaries and create entire worlds and realities from his imagination with fellow director Bennett Miller.

Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan is an award-winning director, writer and producer. Born in London, Nolan began making movies at an early age with his father’s Super-8mm camera. While studying English Literature at University College London, he shot 16mm films at UCL’s film society, learning the guerrilla film techniques he would use for his debut film, “Following.” Nolan’s films have grossed billions at the box office, and been nominated for numerous Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Nolan currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, producer Emma Thomas, and their children. Nolan and Thomas also have their own production company, Syncopy.

Bennett Miller
Bennett Miller, a two-time Academy Award® nominated film director best known for his narrative features, Moneyball, Capote, and Foxcatcher, made his feature debut in 1998 with the critically acclaimed and award winning documentary The Cruise. In 2005, he earned an Academy Award® nomination for Best Director for Capote, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in his Oscar®-winning performance. In 2011, Moneyball, also praised by critics, went on to receive six Academy Award® nominations, while his most recent feature, Foxcatcher, was honored at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival with the Best Director Prize and gave Miller a second Oscar nomination for Best Director.