Golden Globes 2024: Christopher Nolan wins best director for 'Oppenheimer'

Golden Globes 2024: Christopher Nolan beat competition from the likes of Greta Gerwig for 'Barbie' and Bradley Cooper for 'Maestro' to win the Best Director-Motion Picture award for 'Oppenheimer'.

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January 08, 2024 / 14:11 IST

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This was Christopher Nolan's first Golden Globe award in his eighth nomination in the category of Best Director.

Christopher Nolan won the award for Best Director-Motion Picture for "Oppenheimer" at the 81st Golden Globe Awards held in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles on Sunday.

Nolan beat competition from the likes of Greta Gerwig for "Barbie" and Bradley Cooper for "Maestro" to win the award. This was Nolan's first Golden Globe award in his eighth nomination in the category of Best Director.

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Some of Nolan's other notable works such as "Inception", " Interstellar" and the Batman trilogy proved to be critical and commercial blockbusters, but did not help the director win the Golden Globe in the Best Director category.

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Starring Cillian Murphy in the titular role of Robert Oppenheimer, the biographical thriller depicts the tale of how the theoretical physicist, who later became known as "the father of the atomic bomb", overcame numerous ups and downs to carve a name for himself in the history books.