Christopher Nolan to be accorded a BFI Fellowship
The director of Oppenheimer, Inception and The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, will be accorded a BFI fellowship, which is the highest honour one can be given by the British cinema institution.
The fellowship will be presented to Nolan at the BFI chair’s dinner in London on February 14th, 2024, hosted by Tim Richards, the BFI chair. Nolan will then participate in a conversation at the event the following day at BFI Southbank and introduce Tenet at BFI Imax.
The BFI said in a statement: “The fellowship recognizes Nolan’s extraordinary achievements and enormous contribution to cinema as one of the world’s most successful and influential film directors, constantly pushing the limits of what large-scale filmmaking can be whilst retaining a reverence for the history of the medium and the primacy of cinema-going.”
Nolan said: “I am thrilled and honoured to be accepting a BFI Fellowship from an organisation so dedicated to preserving both cinema’s history as well as its future.”
Nolan’s films, including Memento and Dunkirk, have won 11 Academy Awards and grossed over $6 billion globally.
BFI chair Tim Richards stated: “I’m delighted to be honouring and recognizing Christopher Nolan with a BFI Fellowship. Christopher Nolan is one of the greatest filmmakers of the 21st century, creating hugely popular movies that have grossed over $6 billion worldwide. His movies are all made for the big screen to challenge and entertain audiences around the world.”
Richards added: “Christopher’s commitment and support of the cinema industry is legendary. He has also been at the forefront of preserving celluloid through his involvement with The Film Foundation and his own support via the Morf Foundation for the BFI’s photochemical work. All done to ensure that current and future audiences will be able to continue to enjoy and learn from our incredibly rich history of cinema for many years to come.”
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