After years of nominations and no victories, Christopher Nolan has finally won his first Oscar for Best Director for Oppenheimer. The 2023 biographical thriller told the story of the eponymous theoretical physicist during the time of his creation of the atomic bomb in World War II, as well as his infamous fall from grace during his 1954 security hearing. Led by Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt, Nolan’s latest directorial effort was one of the most talked-about movies of the year, setting multiple box office records and leading its Oscars competition with 13 nominations.
