Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas receive knighthoods and knighthoods

Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas

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Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas are the latest British celebrities to receive a knighthood and a Dame of the United Kingdom for services to the film industry, according to the Associated Press.

Recent Oscar-winning director and producer Oppenheimer The film won Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards for the J. Robert Oppenheimer biopic, starring Cillian Murphy. The film won six other awards that night, including Best Actor for Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr. and Directing for Nolan, among others. The famous director was previously nominated for an award souvenir, beginning And Dunkirk.

Normally, news of who will receive a knighthood and a dame is announced at the beginning of the year and on King Charles III’s birthday, as he is the one who receives the knighthood. However, this honor is sometimes given after special accomplishments, which explains why Nolan and Thomas received it just weeks after their Oscar wins.

Knighthood is often awarded at a formal award ceremony at Buckingham Palace by the King of the United Kingdom in person. However, with King Charles currently taking a break from his royal duties as he receives cancer treatment, it’s difficult to know when the couple and producing partners will receive the honor.

Nolan and Thomas first met at University College London, where they were both studying. Together they run their own production company, Syncopy, and have four children. Through the company, they have produced many of the directors’ biggest hits, including Batman triple, Prestige, among the stars And Tenet.

During Nolan’s Best Director speech at the Academy Awards, he thanked Thomas, “the producer of all our films and all our children.” Likewise, during her Best Picture acceptance speech, she shouted out her husband.

“I had been dreaming of this moment for a long time, but it seemed unlikely that it would ever actually happen,” she said at the time. “The reason this movie was made is because of Chris Nolan. He’s unique, he’s brilliant, and I’m so grateful to you.”