Meet Sir Christopher Nolan and Dame Emma Thomas! Couple receive honours by King Charles at Buckingham Palace Investitures due to their Hollywood blockbusters success
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Christopher and Emma Nolan received honours from King Charles at Investitures at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. The Inception director, 54, formally received a knighthood on the same day his wife, producer Emma Thomas, 53, was awarded with a damehood for their contribution to film.
![[The Inception director, 54, formally received a knighthood]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93271851-14205591-image-m-47_1734523886398.jpg)
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.
![[On the same day Christopher's wife, film producer Emma Thomas, 53, (pictured) was awarded with a damehood]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93271767-14205591-image-m-48_1734524276481.jpg)
The couple met while studying at University College London (UCL), with Christopher introducing Emma 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.
![[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.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93271855-14205591-image-a-45_1734523801389.jpg)
Christopher and Emma Nolan received honours from King Charles at Investitures at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. The Inception director, 54, formally received a knighthood. On the same day Christopher's wife, film producer Emma Thomas, 53, (pictured) was awarded with a damehood.
![[Christopher is credited as being 'one of the world's most innovative and influential film directors']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93271853-14205591-image-a-46_1734523802859.jpg)
When Christopher 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 Emma 'always saw things the same way I did in terms of the importance of the medium'.
![[Emma beamed as King Charles attached the honour]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93271769-14205591-image-a-42_1734523551865.jpg)
