Christopher Nolan encourages pressure on politicians to reduce nuclear weapons

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan said we should not despair over nuclear weapons but put pressure on politicians and leaders “to reduce the number on our planet”.

The London-born filmmaker won his first Oscar for directing the life of the “father of the atomic bomb” in epic biopic Oppenheimer.

“The film ends on what I consider a dramatically necessary moment of despair, but in reality I don’t think despair is the answer to the nuclear question,” Nolan said backstage after his win.

“If you look at the work of Non-Proliferation that is being done by individuals and organisations since 1945, there has been a reduction in the number of nuclear weapons on the planet since 1967 of almost 90%.

“In the last few years it has gone the wrong way and