---
name: "Emma Thomas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emma-thomas"
fi1m_id: "emma-thomas"
imdb_id: "nm0858799"
tmdb_id: 556
wikidata_id: "Q242951"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "9 December 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 16
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 16
updated: "2026-10-22T04:04:31.187388+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Emma Thomas

## Identity

Emma Thomas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emma-thomas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emma-thomas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0858799
- **TMDB ID:** 556
- **Wikidata ID:** Q242951
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Thomas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242951, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/556

Producer. Born 9 December 1971 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 9 December 1971, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Also known as:** Emma Thomas Nolan, Dame Emma Thomas Nolan, Dame Emma Thomas, Dame Emma Thomas, Lady Nolan
- **Frequently works with:** [Christopher Nolan](https://film.one/person/christopher-nolan.md), [Charles Roven](https://film.one/person/charles-roven.md), [Christian Bale](https://film.one/person/christian-bale.md), [Jonathan Nolan](https://film.one/person/jonathan-nolan.md), [Michael Caine](https://film.one/person/michael-caine.md), [Anne Hathaway](https://film.one/person/anne-hathaway.md), [Tom Hardy](https://film.one/person/tom-hardy.md), [Cillian Murphy](https://film.one/person/cillian-murphy.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 16 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (5), 2010s 64 (8), 2020s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 70 across 16 titles
- **Score spread:** 9 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 10, Drama 8, Science Fiction 7, Adventure 6, Thriller 5, Crime 3
- **Screen time:** 38 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $10,047m across 16 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Thomas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242951, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/556

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Dark Knight*](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md) (85), [*Batman Begins*](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md) (81), [*The Dark Knight Rises*](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md) (74), [*Man of Steel*](https://film.one/film/man-of-steel.md) (60)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dunkirk*](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md) (86), [*Interstellar*](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md) (79)
- **Peacock:** [*Oppenheimer*](https://film.one/film/oppenheimer.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Inception*](https://film.one/film/inception.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Emma Thomas is a British film producer. She has produced every feature film directed by her husband Christopher Nolan since their debut collaboration on *Following* (1998).

Thomas studied at University College London, where she met Nolan. With him she co-founded the production company Syncopy Inc. Her credits include *Memento* (2000), *Batman Begins* (2005), *The Prestige* (2006), *The Dark Knight* (2008), *Inception* (2010), *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), *Interstellar* (2014), *Dunkirk* (2017), *Tenet* (2020), *Oppenheimer* (2023) and *The Odyssey* (2026).

She received the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with BAFTA and Critics' Choice awards, for producing *Oppenheimer*. Thomas was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2024 for services to film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (16)

- *The Odyssey* (2026), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-odyssey.md)
- *Oppenheimer* (2023), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/oppenheimer.md)
- *Tenet* (2020), Fi1m 65, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/tenet.md)
- *Dunkirk* (2017), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *Justice League* (2017), Fi1m 40, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/justice-league.md)
- *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2016), Fi1m 44, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice.md)
- *Interstellar* (2014), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md)
- *Transcendence* (2014), Fi1m 45, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)
- *Man of Steel* (2013), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-steel.md)
- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)
- *Inception* (2010), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *The Dark Knight* (2008), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md)
- *The Prestige* (2006), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)
- *Batman Begins* (2005), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)
- *High Fidelity* (2000), Fi1m 82, Producer's Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)
- *Memento* (2000), Fi1m 88, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/memento.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Odyssey* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-odyssey.md)
- *Sinners* (2025), Thanks — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/sinners.md)
- *Oppenheimer* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/oppenheimer.md)
- *To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb* (2023), Thanks
- *Zack Snyder's Justice League* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Tenet* (2020), Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/tenet.md)
- *The Doll's Breath* (2019), Producer
- *Justice League* (2017), Executive Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/justice-league.md)
- *Dunkirk* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dunkirk.md)
- *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice.md)
- *Interstellar* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md)
- *Transcendence* (2014), Executive Producer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)
- *Man of Steel* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-steel.md)
- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)
- *Inception* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *The Dark Knight* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md)
- *Batman: Gotham Knight* (2008), Executive Producer
- *The Prestige* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)
- *Batman Begins* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)
- *Insomnia* (2002), Co-Producer
- *Memento* (2000), Associate Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/memento.md)
- *High Fidelity* (2000), Producer's Assistant — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)
- *Following* (1999), as Producer
- *Heterosexuality* (1999), Script Supervisor
- *Doodlebug* (1997), Producer
- *Larceny* (1996), Production Assistant

## Gallery

- ![Cast and crew of The Dark Knight at the European premiere in London. From left to right: Director Christopher Nolan, producers Emma Thomas and Charles Roven, ac (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/400/gallery-02696a0cbda8.jpg) Cast and crew of The Dark Knight at the European premiere in London. From left to right: Director Christopher Nolan, producers Emma Thomas and Charles Roven, ac (2008) — Ben Coombs, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/The_Dark_Knight_European_Premier_-_Leicester_square2.jpg/1280px-The_Dark_Knight_European_Premier_-_Leicester_square2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cropping to only feature Nolan and Thomas (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/400/gallery-b93b73762994.jpg) Cropping to only feature Nolan and Thomas (2008) — Ben Coombs, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/The_Dark_Knight_European_Premier_-_Leicester_square2_-_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The Odyssey Press Conference at Seoul. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/400/gallery-28a7b3f48cdf.jpg) The Odyssey Press Conference at Seoul. (2025) — Republic of  Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/The_Odyssey_Press_Conference_at_Seoul_%28August_3%2C_2026%29.jpg/1280px-The_Odyssey_Press_Conference_at_Seoul_%28August_3%2C_2026%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast and crew of The Dark Knight at the European premiere in London. From left to right: Director Christopher Nolan, producers Emma Thomas and Charles Roven, ac (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/400/gallery-72025ba8e064.jpg) Cast and crew of The Dark Knight at the European premiere in London. From left to right: Director Christopher Nolan, producers Emma Thomas and Charles Roven, ac (2008) — Ben Coombs, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/The_Dark_Knight_European_Premier_-_Leicester_square.jpg/1280px-The_Dark_Knight_European_Premier_-_Leicester_square.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emma Thomas](https://film.one/media/person/400/gallery-a95e9eaca6c9.jpg) Emma Thomas — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2024: Best Picture (won), for *Oppenheimer*
- 2018: Best Picture (nominated), for *Dunkirk*
- 2011: Best Picture (nominated), for *Inception*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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