By Grace Cyril,News18

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Christopher Nolan has been elected as the new president of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) during the organisation’s Biennial National Convention held on Saturday. The acclaimed filmmaker was chosen by 167 delegates representing the guild’s 19,500 members.
Nolan will succeed Lesli Linka Glatter as president. Alongside him, several other key positions were announced: Laura Belsey as National Vice President, Paris Barclay re-elected as Secretary-Treasurer, Todd Holland as First Vice-President, Ron Howard as Second Vice-President, Gina Prince-Bythewood as Third Vice-President, Seith Mann as Fourth Vice-President, Millicent Shelton as Fifth Vice-President, Lily Olszewski as Sixth Vice-President, and Joyce Thomas as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer.
On assuming the role, Nolan expressed his gratitude to the guild’s members. He said, “Our industry is experiencing tremendous change, and I thank the Guild’s membership for entrusting me with this responsibility. I also want to thank President Glatter for her leadership over the past four years. I look forward to collaborating with her and the newly elected Board to achieve important creative and economic protections for our members.”
He described the appointment as “one of the greatest honors of my career.”
Christopher Nolan has been a member of the DGA since 2001. He has served on its National Board and the Western Directors Council since 2015, and currently chairs both the Theatrical Creative Rights Committee and the Artificial Intelligence Committee.
On the professional front, Nolan is preparing for the release of The Odyssey, the sequel to his 2023 blockbuster Oppenheimer. The film is slated for release by Universal Pictures in July 2026.
Sir Christopher Edward Nolan is a British-American filmmaker known for his Hollywood blockbusters and complex storytelling. He is regarded as one of the leading filmmakers of the 21st century. His films have earned over $6.6 billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing director in history. Nolan has won two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and two BAFTA Awards. In 2019, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and in 2024, he received a knighthood for his contributions to cinema.
Nolan developed an interest in filmmaking at a young age. He studied English literature at University College London and made several short films before directing his first feature, Following (1998). He gained international attention with his second film, Memento (2000), and entered studio filmmaking with Insomnia (2002).
He became widely known with The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012) and achieved further success with films like The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), and Dunkirk (2017). After releasing Tenet (2020), Nolan left Warner Bros. Pictures and signed with Universal Pictures for Oppenheimer (2023), a biographical thriller that won him Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture.