Christopher Nolan.

I feel as though it is a pretty hard topic to pick a favorite artist.  There are so many different art forms and techniques that are favorable that picking one specifically is quite a difficult task.  However, since I must choose, one of my favorites is for sure Christopher Nolan.  Film, along with photography, is absolutely one of my favorite forms of art.  Christopher Nolan is a director, writer, and producer that has composed an exceptional portfolio including some specific films that have revolutionized the film industry.  His first film was Following, which came out in 1998.    It depicted a man, a writer, who becomes obsessed with following random people.  One thing I really admire about Nolan is he filmed this whole feature.  A lot of directors are too pretentious or do not take the time to compose their films in the specific way they see it.  This work was completely his own and he truly makes that known. He then did Momento in 2000 and Insomnia two years after.  Insomnia kept the viewer captivated the entire time, following the crime investigation of a local teenager.  He also did The Prestige and Inception, two movies that have taken film to the next level.  It took him EIGHT years just to write Inception, that's dedication.  His signature style seen through all of these movies is the unraveling of the plot, complicated chronological order that not only keeps the viewer completely intrigued but creates for such an interesting depiction of the story.  Most of the times, the solutions do not reveal themselves until the end of the film.  One's mind must be intricately complex to be able to write a script in an order that comes together with such a web of events and conflicts that come to make sense at the end, most of the time when watched twice.  I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Santa Barbara Film Festival this year and hear Christopher Nolan get interviewed.  It was so interesting to hear him speak about his works.  The way he is able to capture the exact essence of what he is trying to convey is exceptional.