Christopher Nolan and Christian Horner to be honoured at investiture ceremony
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Filmmaker Christopher Nolan and F1 team principal Christian Horner are among the notable names set to receive honours from the King at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Inception director will formally receive a knighthood on Wednesday from Charles on the same day that his wife, film producer Emma Thomas, receives a damehood.
Their partnership has produced major blockbusters including The Dark Knight trilogy and their most recent venture, the epic biopic Oppenheimer, which swept the 2024 award ceremonies. Oppenheimer marked the first time the couple had won the best picture Oscar and best film Bafta, having previously been nominated for 2010’s sci-fi Inception and 2017’s war thriller Dunkirk.
The couple met while studying at University College London (UCL), with Nolan, 54, introducing Thomas, 53, to the university’s film society, where he was president and produced short films. Since marrying in 1997, the couple have co-founded and run a production company, Syncopy, which has been behind many of their blockbusters.
When Nolan was presented with the British Film Institute (BFI) Fellowship for being “one of the world’s most innovative and influential film directors”, he credited his wife. He said he never felt alone making films as Thomas “always saw things the same way I did in terms of the importance of the medium”.
