The Prestige had the director Christopher Nolan.
Christopher Edward Nolan ( [ ˈnoʊlən ] born 30 July 1970 ) is an English-American film director , screenwriter and producer . The Prestige is a 2006 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan , from a screenplay adapted by Nolan and his brother Jonathan from Christopher Priest 's 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name .