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‘Oppenheimer’ director Christopher Nolan to receive knighthood

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Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan and his wife, film producer Emma Thomas, are to receive a knighthood and damehood.

According to the BBC, Nolan and Thomas are being honored for their services to film.

Nolan recently won his first Oscar for directing “Oppenheimer,” which Thomas also produced.

The film won a total of seven Oscars, which included Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Cinematography.

The couple met at University College London as students and married in 1997. They currently live in Los Angeles and have four children.

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Since then, the two have co-founded the film production company Syncopy and worked together on films directed by Nolan such as “Tenet,” “Interstellar” and the “Dark Knight” trilogy.

 

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