Christopher Edward Nolan is a British-American film director, producer and screenwriter known     1     making personal, distinctive films within the Hollywood mainstream.

    2     (raise) in London, Nolan developed an interest in filmmaking from a young age. He studied English literature at University College London, gained his screenwriting skills,     3     made his first film Following. It was his second work, Memento, a low-cost suspense film made in 2000 with his brother Jonathan Nolan,     4     helped him gain international     5     (recognize). He then changed his career direction from making independent films, for which he was nominated（提名）for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, to     6     (cooperate) with professional studios. Masterpieces like Dark Knight Trilogy (2005), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014) and Tenet (2020), all of    7     enjoy great popularity   around the globe,     8     (receive) more than 10 Oscar nominations in the past 20 years.

Nolan’s films are     9     (type) rooted in profound themes, exploring human morality, the construction of time, and personal identity. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015, and in 2019, he    10     (appoint) Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to film.