Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was a big winner at the 2024 Golden Globes, with the biopic capping a big evening with the win for best motion picture — drama.
Nolan also won for directing, and his longtime producing partner and wife, Emma Thomas, noted in her speech that it was nice to see Nolan recognized. The filmmaker has not taken home as many awards as one would expect given his decades of creating critically acclaimed blockbusters. Sunday marked his first Globes wins, and though he is a multi-time Academy Award nominee, the Oscar has eluded him.
“I’m so pleased that Chris has been acknowledged, because I think what he does is unlike anything anyone else is doing,” Thomas said, with Nolan and the cast standing behind her. “Chris sort of brings the best out of people by being the very best himself.”
Cillian Murphy also won a Globe for his leading role as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and Robert Downey Jr. nabbed a supporting actor win. Ludwig Göransson won for motion picture score.
Oppenheimer overperformed dramatically with $952 million globally — an astounding sum for a three-hour, R-rated biopic that cost around $100 million to produce. Thomas thanked Universal boss Donna Langley, who lured Nolan to the studio and greenlit the film.
Said Thomas of Langley’s gamble on the biopic: “I don’t think it was a no-brainer by any stretch of the imagination.”
At the Globes, Oppenheimer topped fellow best drama contenders Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives and The Zone of Interest.
The award was handed out during an evening hosted by stand-up comedian Jo Koy, who presided over the ceremony held at Beverly Hilton Hotel and broadcast on CBS. Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge that also owns The Hollywood Reporter.
