The director of the Oppenheimer film, Christopher Nolan, managed to win at the Oscars in the Best Director Oscar 2024 category. This win was Nolan's first at the Academy Awards after being nominated for the first time since 2002.
Held on Sunday March 10, 2024 evening in Los Angeles, United States, Christopher Nolan in his victory speech thanked all parties who had put their trust in him in developing this biopic film project.
The 53-year-old director also did not fail to mention Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin as the authors of Oppenheimer's book before it was adapted for the big screen. "Of course I will never thank all the great actors in this film enough, especially Cillian Murphy," said Christopher Nolan, quoted by Variety on Monday March 11, 2024.
"Thank you also to those who have always believed and believed in me throughout my career. Including Emma Thomas, the producer of all our films and our children," he continued. At the 2024 Oscars, Oppenheimer's film emerged as the film with the most nominations after winning 13 nominations.
Nolan's victory also adds to Oppenheimer's series of achievements on Oscar night. Oppenheimer is recorded as having won in the categories of Best Picture, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Scoring, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.
Oppenheimer's film was first shown on the big screen in 2023. This film focuses on the life of an American physicist named Julius Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) on his mission to create weapons of mass destruction during the world war.
This film received many positive reviews from both film critics and foreign audiences during its screening. Director Christopher Nolan has long been known as one of Hollywood's most famous directors. Throughout his career, he has won 192 awards from 532 nominations.
Previously, Christopher Nolan was nominated five times at the Academy Awards or Oscars through his hit films, starting from the films Memento, Inception, to Dunkirk. However, Nolan won his first Oscar award in 2024 with the film Oppenheimer.
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