Los Angeles, March 11 -- The crowning moment arrived expectedly for ace filmmaker Christopher Nolan as he bagged the coveted statuette for 'Best Director' for the biopic 'Oppenheimer' at the Oscars on Monday.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), The Academy, shared this exciting news and captioned the post, "Congratulations on your win for Best Directing, Christopher Nolan! #Oscars."

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Nolan beat off competition from Jonathan Glazer of "The Zone of Interest," Yorgos Lanthimos of "Poor Things," Martin Scorsese of "Killers of the Flower Moon," and Justine Triet of "Anatomy of a Fall."

Before Oscars 2024, Nolan received five nominations for three different films but never won an Academy ...