Christopher Nolan wins his first directing Oscar
Christopher Nolan has had his first Oscar success for portraying the life of the “father of the atomic bomb” with Oppenheimer.
The London-born filmmaker has been previously nominated for six Academy Awards for pondering the important questions throughout his body of work, but had never won an Oscar for directing until Sunday’s ceremony.
Nolan went into the ceremony as the favourite to win for Oppenheimer – for which he has been given three nods across the adapted screenplay, director and best film categories.
Accepting the directing prize, he praised his brother , creator of Westworld, before hailing his wife and producer Emma Thomas – who picked up
