How Christopher Nolan couldn't have won his first Oscar without his family's support - from his 'incredible' 生産者 wife Emma Thomas to daughter's 破滅的な Oppenheimer cameo

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After receiving eight 指名／任命s over the course of 24 years, Christopher Nolan finally took home the 学院 Award for Best Director last night.

The British-American director, 53, who is now based in Los Angeles, appeared emotional as he 配達するd his heartwarming 受託 speech for his blockbuster Oppenheimer.

Having thanked 全世界の／万国共通の Studios and his 'incredible' cast and 乗組員, the father-of-four moved his 焦点（を合わせる） to his wife Emma Thomas, who has produced all of his films.

He said: 'Thank you for those who have been there for me and believed in me my whole career [...]

'My family and the incredible Emma Thomas - the 生産者 of all our films and 生産者 of all our children. I love you.'

Pictured: Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan, 53, proudly 持つ／拘留するs up his Oscars at last night's 学院 Awards

Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas with their children Flora (centre), Magnus (centre), Rory (second 権利) and Oliver (権利) at the UK 首相 of Oppenheimer in July 2023

The Oppenheimer director?married his university sweetheart Emma Thomas in 1997 and the couple 株 four children. He has 以前 said he fell in love with his wife at first sight.

Christopher and Emma's eldest daughter Flora, 23, made a 簡潔な／要約する 外見 in his 最新の film as a woman whose 直面する melted off in a 核の 爆破.

But Flora isn't the only Nolan child who has followed her parents into the creative arts - with her brothers Oliver, Rory and Magnus all having made cameos in at least one of Nolan's films.

にもかかわらず their parents' high profile in Hollywood, the children 味方する-stepped the red carpet at last night's Oscars - but were pictured sitting beside them during the 儀式 and watching Christopher's speech with pride.?

Here FEMAIL delves into Christopher Nolan's family life - after the director 賞賛するd his wife and four children for their unwavering support.?

'Incredible' 生産者 wife Emma Thomas?

Christopher Nolan met his wife Emma Thomas on their first day as students at University College London in 1989.

Emma was born in London but spent time living in the Middle East as a child as a result of her father's work in the Civil Service.

Pictured: Director Christopher Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas …に出席するing the American Film Festival in 2002

Pictured: the couple - who met as university students - 持つ／拘留する 手渡すs at last night's 学院 Awards

Christopher and Emma - who 熟考する／考慮するd English Literature and 古代の History - were placed in the same halls of 住居 and arranged movie 審査s as part of their work with UCL's Film Society.

In 2017, the director was 認めるd an 名誉として与えられる 博士号 and told 卒業生（する）ing students: 'We have four children. We have a 団体／死体 of work that we have made together.?

'So the moral of the story is: 支払う／賃金 a lot of attention to who you 会合，会う on your first night at your halls of 住居.'?

During his 砂漠 Island レコードs interview in 2008, Ch ristopher said: 'I’ve come to believe in the 概念 of love at first sight because I realise it 現実に happened to me.'?

In 2001, the couple welcomed their daughter Flora together - just one year before the 批判的に acclaimed film Insomnia, starring Al Pacino and コマドリ Williams, 攻撃する，衝突する 審査するs.

Pictured: Emma and Christopher's children were seen sitting next to their parents during the Oscars 儀式 after 味方する-stepping the red carpet

Director Christopher Nolan and his 生産者 wife Emma Thomas at a photocall for Dunkirk in フラン in July 2017

The same year they became parents, the couple opened their own 生産／産物 company Syncopy Films.

Although the couple are ひどく 私的な, they have shed light on their 関係 in previous interviews.

In an interview with Variety, Emma 噴出するd about her husband's most 'underrated' 質.

She replied: 'He’s funny! People think he’s dead serious, they 告発する／非難する his films of also 存在 so serious.

'Even in Oppenheimer there are moments I find funny, even in the actor’s 表現s. There is humour in his movies, and I don’t think he gets enough credit for it.'

In an interview with 審査する Daily in 2018, Emma shed light on their creative 共同 and 詳細（に述べる）d how she'll often give her husband 調書をとる／予約するs she thinks could be adapted on 審査する.

Pictured: the couple …に出席するing the Oppenheimer 首相 in Leicester Square in London in July 2023

She joked: 'Yes, I’ll continue to give him 調書をとる／予約するs and he’ll continue to not be excited by some.'?

In 2018, Christopher said he enjoys working with Emma and 令状ing scripts with his brother because their 'only 協議事項 is making the best film possible'.

During his 外見 on 砂漠 Island レコードs, the director - who was 促進するing Dunkirk at the time - said the 重要な to his success was 'surrounding yourself with the people who understand and support what it is you’re trying to do, but are unafraid to criticise… You’re looking for honest feedback without an 協議事項.'

What's more, Christopher has also 以前 credited his wife for coming out with the '訂正する answer' regarding the end of the 2010 movie Inception.

Appearing on the Happy Sad 混乱させるd podcast, Christopher explained how he was 絶えず 存在 asked if Leonardo DiCaprio's c haracter Cobb was still dreaming at the end when the movie first （機の）カム out.

賞賛するing his wife's 解釈／通訳, Christopher said: 'I think it was Emma who pointed out the 訂正する answer, really, is that the character, Leo’s character - the point of the 発射 is the character doesn’t care at that point.?It’s not a question I comfortably answer.'

Flora Nolan's 破滅的な Oppenheimer cameo

Pictured: Flora Nolan at the UK 首相 of Oppenheimer in July 2023. The couple's eldest child 熟考する／考慮するs?Collaborative Arts at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts

The couple's eldest child Flora appears to be に引き続いて her parents into the creative 産業 - having 熟考する／考慮するd Collaborative Arts at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Flora supported her father last year when she made a (n)艦隊／(a)素早いing 外見 in Oppenheimer as a woman who is 影響する／感情d by a 核の b omb.?

In June 2023, Christopher 明らかにする／漏らすd that he cast Flora as a woman whose 直面する melts off in Oppenheimer in the wake of a 核の 爆弾 爆発.

Speaking to The Telegraph, the director explained: 'We needed someone to do that small part of a somewhat 実験の and spontaneous sequence.?So it was wonderful to just have her sort of roll with it.'

Although Christopher 認める that the casting may have seemed strange at first, the director said watching his daughter play that part brought the 支配する 事柄 really 攻撃する，衝突する home for him.

Flora Nolan made a cameo in Oppenheimer as a woman whose 直面する melts off に引き続いて a 核の 爆弾 attack

He 追加する ed: 'The point is that if you create the ultimate destructive 力／強力にする it will also destroy those who are 近づく and dear to you.?

'I suppose this was my way of 表明するing that in what, to me, were the strongest possible 条件.'?

In an interview that appears on the university's website, Flora 明らかにする／漏らすd that she is also an aspiring filmmaker and credits her father for showing her how to film on 最高の 8 movie film.

She said: 'My dad taught me how to shoot on 最高の 8 when I was younger and I’ve been into it ever since. I just love the way it looks.?

'狙撃 on film has given me a really 広大な／多数の／重要な understanding of light and colour and I would love to shoot on larger 判型 if I get a chance.'?

Christopher Nolan and his children Flora and Magnus?are seen leaving the boat with the cast of Oppenheimer after a 小旅行する on the Seine in Paris

What's more, she also 明らかにする／漏らすd that she is に引き続いて in her mother's footsteps by producing a short film with two friends.?

On 最高の，を越す of this, Flora is also an aspiring musician - and 詳細（に述べる）d in the interview how she likes to 層 'ambient sounds' in her 生産／産物s.

She 追加するd: 'I’ll 記録，記録的な／記録する the birds outside or rain or people talking and use that as a starting point. I love singing and it just feels like a really 利益／興味ing 道具 to use.?

'There are a lot of ways you can 見本 and chop up the human 発言する／表明する to create all 肉親，親類d of sounds.'

Aspiring photographer Magnus Nolan

Aspiring photographer Magnus Nolan seen …に出席するing the UK 首相 of Oppenheimer in July 2023

Pictured: aspiring photographer Magnus Nolan seen on the red carpet at the BAFTAs in London with his parents last month

Magnus Nolan made (n)艦隊／(a)素早いing 外見s as Cobb's son in Inception - but was on ly ever pictured from behind

に引き続いて in his big sister's footsteps, aspiring photographer Magnus Nolan, 15, also made a 簡潔な／要約する 外見 in one of his father's films.?

When he was a toddler, Christopher and Emma's son played James Cobb in Inception.

He only appeared in (n)艦隊／(a)素早いing moments in the film and was seen from the 支援する playing on a beach in Cobb's memory.

What's more, Magnus' father has been 特に supportive of his dream of becoming a photographer.??

In June 2023, Wired magazine published a profile of Christopher Nolan featuring only images his son had taken.?

The に引き続いて month, Magnus travelled to 中国 with his father to 促進する Oppenheimer.?

The aspiring photographer also walked the BAFTAs red carpet with his parents in London last month.

Rory Nolan's working 肩書を与える for The Dark Knight

Rory Nolan?seen …に出席するing the UK 首相 of Oppenheimer in July 2023. The couple's son made two cameos in their movies

Pictured:?Christopher and Emma's son is credited as the 'boy on the 橋（渡しをする）' in the 2014 movie Interstellar

Like Magnus and Flora, Rory Nolan has also made a cameo in his parents' films.

Christopher and Emma's son is credited as the 'boy on the 橋（渡しをする）' in the 2014 movie Interstellar.

In The Dark Knight Rises, Rory appeared as 'the boy on the bus' during one of Batman's 戦う／戦いs.

によれば 審査する Rant, Nolan 指名するs the working 肩書を与えるs of his films after his children and The Dark Knight rises was dubbed 'Rory's First Kiss'.

The 出版（物） 報告（する）／憶測s that Inception was dubbed 'Oliver's Arrow' for a time while Interstellar had the working 肩書を与える of 'Flora's Letter'.?

Oliver Nolan's Oppenheimer insight

Oliver Nolan - who has also made a cameo in his parent's films - seen …に出席するing the UK 首相 of Oppenheimer in July 2023 with his family

In 2006, Christopher and Emma's eldest son Oliver was only a baby when he appeared in their film The Prestige, starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman and Michael 茎.?

While 促進するing Oppenheimer, Christopher shed light on a conversation he'd had with his children about the film.

Speaking to Wired, the director said: 'I told one of my sons about it as I started t o 令状 it, and he literally said to me: "But nobody really worries about that anymore."

'Two years later, he's not 説 that. The world's changed again. And that's a lesson for all of us, but 特に for the young. The world changes 急速な／放蕩な.'

同様に as 支払う／賃金ing 尊敬の印 to his wife in his BAFTA 受託 speech last night, Nolan also recognised （選挙などの）運動をするing groups who have 'fought long and hard to 減ずる the number of 核の 武器s'.

He 追加するd: 'In 受託するing this I do just want to 認める their 成果／努力s and point out they show the necessity and 可能性のある of 成果／努力s for peace.'?

Oppenheimer won a whopping seven Oscars at Sunday night's 学院 Awards - while 競争相手 Barbie only won one.

The historical epic directed by Christopher Nolan swept the major 部類s with 勝利，勝つs for Best Actor Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor Robert Downey Jr. and Nolan - with the film also winning Best Picture.

In contrast, Barbie, who memorably won against Oppenheimer in the 'Barbenheimer' box office 対決 over the summer, walked away with just one award for Best 初めの Song for What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish and Finneas McConnell.?

Downey Jr. jokingly thanked his 'terrible childhood' as he finally won an Oscar for his 描写 of 吊りくさび Strauss, was delighted as he took to the 行う／開催する／段階 -??after host Jimmy Kimmel made a very ぎこちない quip about his 麻薬 use.

The 退役軍人 actor - who has 行為／法令／行動するd for over five １０年間s -? took home the 学院 Award over stiff 競争 含むing 英貨の／純銀の K. Brown, American Fiction, Robert De Niro, 殺し屋s of the Flower Moon, Ryan Gosling, Barbie, and 示す Ruffalo, Poor Things.

Oppenheimer won a whopping seven Oscars at Sunday night's 学院 Awards - while 競争相手 Barbie only won one - pictured Robert Downey Jr. with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

Downey Jr., 58, 吊りくさび Strauss (pictured), was delighted as he took to the 行う／開催する／段階 - after host Jimmy Kimmel made a very ぎこちない quip about his 麻薬 use??

Cillian Murphy finally won the Oscar in the coveted Best Actor 部類 for Oppenheimer

The talented 星／主役にする took to the podium to showcase his 署名 wit and even joked about his 'terrible childhood' while 受託するing the 栄誉（を受ける）.

He said: 'Thank you, thank you. Ah -- thanks, Sam, thanks, fellas. You only flubbed one line. I'd like to thank my terrible childhood and The 学院, in that order.

'I'd like to thank my -- veterinarian -- I meant wife, Susan Downey over there. She 設立する me a snarling 救助（する） pet and you loved me 支援する to life. That's why I'm here. Thank you.'

The talented actor went on talk about how much he needed his 役割 in Oppenheimer while thanking director Christopher Nolan and castmates Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy.