Christopher Nolan is a director.
Christopher Nolan . The acclaim garnered by his independent films gave Nolan the opportunity to make the big-budget thriller Insomnia ( 2002 ) and the mystery drama The Prestige ( 2006 ) . Insomnia is a 2002 American psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan , and starring Al Pacino , Robin Williams and Hilary Swank . 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 .