Memento is a work.
Guy Pearce . He is well known for having starred in the role of Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours and in films such as The Adventures of Priscilla , Queen of the Desert ( 1994 ) , L.A. Confidential ( 1997 ) , Memento ( 2000 ) , The Count of Monte Cristo ( 2002 ) , The Road ( 2009 ) , The King 's Speech ( 2010 ) , Prometheus ( 2012 ) , and Iron Man 3 ( 2013 ) . Jonathan Nolan . He has collaborated on several films with his brother , director Christopher Nolan , who adapted Jonathan 's short story `` Memento Mori '' ( 2001 ) into the film Memento ( 2000 ) . Memento is a 2000 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed and written by Christopher Nolan , and produced by Suzanne and Jennifer Todd . It became a blockbuster success , being acclaimed by critics who praised its nonlinear narrative structure and motifs of memory , perception , grief , and self-deception , and earning $ 39.7 million over a $ 9 million budget . The film was subsequently ranked one of the best films of the 2000s by several critics and media outlets .