Jonathan Nolan

Also known as Jonathan "Jonah" Nolan, Jonah Nolan

British-American screenwriter (born 1976)

Person · Open Library

Works: 34

Top works

She-wolf
Monsters among Us
S o l I T a R I
Crom
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Film & TV

Writing · London, England, UK

Jonathan Nolan (born 6 June 1976) is a British-American screenwriter, television producer, director, and author. He is the creator of the CBS science fiction series Person of Interest (2011–2016) and co-creator of the HBO science fiction western series Westworld (2016–present). Nolan has collaborated on several films with his brother, director Christopher Nolan, who adapted Jonathan's short…

Known for

Wrath of the Titans: ARGOS — Ammon2024
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale — Self2021
The Next Thing You Eat — Self2021
United We Fan — Self2018
Do You Trust this Computer? — Self2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction — Self2018
Inside 'Interstellar' — Self - Co-Writer2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2015
The Science of Interstellar — Self2014
Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show — Self2014

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Type: Person

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Listeners: 37
Total plays: 53

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
· 2003 · cited 52,612x
Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,669x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,382x
ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge
· 2015 · cited 30,496x
Fully convolutional networks for semantic segmentation
· 2015 · cited 28,101x

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Key facts

Born: Jonathan Nolan , ( 1976-06-06 ) 6 June 1976 (age 49) , London, England
Other name: Jonah Nolan
Citizenship: United Kingdom United States
Alma mater: Georgetown University
Occupations: Screenwriter producer
Years active: 1997–present
Spouse: Lisa Joy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 )
Relatives: Christopher Nolan (brother) John Nolan (uncle) Emma Thomas (sister-in-law)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Jonathan
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: London
Spouse: Lisa Joy
Sibling: Christopher Nolan
Occupation: director
Educated at: Georgetown University
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Saturn Awards
Image: Jonathan Nolan by Gage Skidmore.jpg

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Commons category: Jonathan Nolan
date of birth: 1976-06-06
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
name in native language: Jonathan Nolan
relative: John Nolan
member of: Directors Guild of America
start of work period: 1997-00-00
related category: Category:Films with screenplays by Jonathan Nolan

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Encyclopedic overview

Jonathan Nolan (born 6 June 1976) is a British and American screenwriter and producer. He is the creator of the CBS science fiction series Person of Interest (2011–2016) and co-creator of the HBO science fiction/Western series Westworld (2016–2022).

Nolan has collaborated on several films with his brother, film director Christopher Nolan, who adapted Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori" into the neo-noir thriller film Memento (2000). Together, the brothers co-wrote the mystery-thriller film The Prestige (2006), the superhero films The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and the science-fiction film Interstellar (2014). In 2024, he executive produced and directed the first three episodes of the television series adaptation of Fallout.

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