Christopher Nolan wins first Golden Globe as Oppenheimer wins big

The 81st Golden Globe Awards celebrated excellence in motion picture and audiovisual arts as auteur Christopher Nolan was feted with the honour for Best Director Motion Picture for his period drama lsquoOppenheimerrsquo This is Nolans first win at the Golden Globe making it all the more special He has been nominated 6 times previously but this is his first winNolan beat Bradley Cooper for lsquoMaestrorsquo the tough competitor Greta Gerwig for lsquoBarbiersquo Yorgos Lanthimos for lsquoPoor Thingsrsquo the legendary Martin Scorsese for lsquoKillers of the Flower Moonrsquo and Celine Song for lsquoPast LivesrsquoDuring his acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards 2024 Nolan said ldquoThe only time Irsquove ever been on this stage before was accepting one of these on behalf of our dear friend Heath Ledger and that was complicated and challenging for merdquo Nolan said ldquoIn the middle of speaking I got all stuck and Robert Downey Jr caught my eye and gave me a look of love and support mdash the same look hersquos giving me nowldquoI thought it would be simpler accepting for myself But as a director I realize I can only accept this on behalf of people As directors we bring people together and we try to get them to give their bestrdquo He shouted out the ensemble of ldquoOppenheimerrdquo including Cillian Murphy whom Nolan called ldquomy partner in crime for 20 yearsrdquo as well as ldquothe incredible work of our amazing crew he further saidThe official X handle erstwhile Twitter congratulated Nolan as they wrote ldquoA golden moment for Christopher Nolan who wins Best Director Motion Picture for Oppenheimer GoldenGlobesrdquoCongratulations on your WIN for Best Director ndash Motion Picture Christopher Nolan Watch the GoldenGlobes LIVE on CBS and paramountplus NOW pictwittercomJH9i5iRpXdmdash Golden Globe Awards goldenglobes January 8 2024Cillian Murphy also won big at the Golden Globe Awards 2024 as he took home the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Robert Oppenheimer ldquoI knew the first time I walked on a Christopher Nolan set that it was differentrdquo Murphy who worked with Nolan on ldquoThe Dark Knightrdquo trilogy ldquoInceptionrdquo and ldquoDunkirkrdquo said during his acceptance speech ldquoI could tell by the level of rigor the level of focus the level of dedication the complete lack of any seating options for actors that I was in the hands of the visionary director and masterrdquoYoure a GoldenGlobes winner Congrats on winning Best Male Actor ndash Motion Picture ndash Drama for your role in Oppenheimer Cillian Murphy pictwittercomUk9elJsRO1mdash Golden Globe Awards goldenglobes January 8 2024Robert Downey Jr also won the movie for Best Supporting Actor He essayed the role of Oppenheimers professional nemesis in the film A sweeping story about the ethical dilemma of nuclear weapons grosses one billion dollars Does that track Downey joked in his acceptance speech that followed a standing ovation by the audiencelsquoOppenheimerrsquo is a biographical thriller film starring Cillian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer the American theoretical physicist credited with being the father of the atomic bomb for his role in the Manhattan Projectmdashthe World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons The film is based on the 2005 biography lsquoAmerican Prometheusrsquo by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin the film chronicles the career of Oppenheimer with the story predominantly focusing on his studies his direction of the Manhattan Project during World War II and his eventual fall from grace due to his 1954 security hearing