Christopher Nolan
Geek Impact: The 42-year-old director (and Oscar-nominated writer and producer) closed out his Gotham City trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises, a bold, black-clad epic that instantly became a global object of relentless dissection, ferocious debate and delicious parody. To fanboys, Nolan is the Comic-Con equivalent of Stanley Kubrick or Thom Yorke — a frosty, remote Riddler in a world of light-weight Jokers — and the next great debate begins when this cinematic brainiac gets his hands on Metropolis.
Geek Cred: As a youngster, the why-so-serious auteur made his first film with a Captain Action doll handling the leading man role. Nolan still has a playful side — why else would a framed poster of Adam West's Batman get a spot on his home office's wall? —Geoff Boucher
Geek Cred: As a youngster, the why-so-serious auteur made his first film with a Captain Action doll handling the leading man role. Nolan still has a playful side — why else would a framed poster of Adam West's Batman get a spot on his home office's wall? —Geoff Boucher
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