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Cory Woodroof

Christopher Nolan finally won a Best Director Oscar, and Steven Spielberg was the one to give it to him

One of the best directors of all time has finally won his Oscar, and he got it in the absolute best way possible.

Christopher Nolan, the auteur behind such classic films as The Dark Knight, Memento, Inception and Dunkirk, won the Academy Award for Best Director on Sunday night for his latest masterpiece, Oppenheimer.

Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg presented Nolan the award, which shows highlights a fantastic generational passing of the torch from one all-time director to another.

Nolan has only been nominated for Best Director once before for Dunkirk, so this makes his first victory on his second attempt in the category.

His win is notable not only because of his stature in the industry, but because of his status as one of the few household name filmmakers left working.

Nolan gave a very commendable speech after accepting his long-awaited Oscar, one where he praised his producing partner and wife Emma Thomas and thanked his Oppenheimer cast and crew.

So many have been eagerly awaiting Nolan’s Oscar win after he got infamously snubbed for The Dark Knight back in 2009, but it’s better late than never. Nolan really has finally won his Academy Award.

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