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==Personal life== [[File:Evan Rachel Wood, Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy (35419191223).jpg|right|thumb|Nolan with [[Evan Rachel Wood]] (''left'') and [[Lisa Joy]] (''right'') at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con promoting ''Westworld'']] [[File:Jonathan Nolan and Janna Levin at the Sundance Film Festival 2024-9375.jpg|right|thumb|Nolan interviewed by astrophysics professor [[Janna Levin]] at the [[2024 Sundance Film Festival]] event "Science vs. Fiction"]] Nolan found that having an English accent was "very unpopular" after moving to Chicago, so he learnt to "sound like a good Chicago kid."<ref name=Prestigeinter1>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_10195.html |title=Jonathan Nolan Interview, The Prestige |first=Sheila |last=Roberts |work=Movies Online |access-date=18 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129110639/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_10195.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 }}</ref> When contemplating the artistic differences between himself and [[Christopher Nolan|his brother]], Nolan remarked: "I've always suspected that it has something to do with the fact that he's left-handed and I'm right-handed, because he is somehow able to look at my ideas and flip them around in a way that's just a bit more twisted and interesting. It's great to be able to work with him that way."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2010/06/theatre-of-mind-christopher-nolan.html|title=Theatre of the Mind: A Christopher Nolan Profile (Part 1)|author=ADMIN|date=30 June 2010|publisher=flickeringmyth.com|access-date=5 September 2014|archive-date=21 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721212033/https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2010/06/theatre-of-mind-christopher-nolan-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nolan is married to ''[[Burn Notice]]'' writer and [[Westworld (TV series)|''Westworld'']] co-creator and executive producer [[Lisa Joy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/comic-con-2011-person-interest-211361|title=Comic-Con 2011: 'Person of Interest' EPs Jonathan Nolan and Greg Plageman on Stormtroopers and Spandex (Q&A)|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=14 July 2011|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=5 September 2014|archive-date=5 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905232150/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/comic-con-2011-person-interest-211361|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/on-the-rise-2014-12-screenwriters-to-watch-20140819 |title=On The Rise 2014: 13 Screenwriters To Watch |publisher=Indie Wire |date=19 August 2014 |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504103744/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/on-the-rise-2014-12-screenwriters-to-watch-20140819 |archive-date=4 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/on-the-ranch-with-the-creators-of-westworld|title=On the Ranch with the Creators of "Westworld"|last=Bissell|first=Tom|date=15 December 2016|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=9 May 2018|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref> They have a daughter and a son together.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD1Bj1egE3U| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/QD1Bj1egE3U| archive-date=17 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=What Does A Showrunner Bring To A Deserted Island?|last=King|first=Larry|date=15 April 2014|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=12 September 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/arts/television/is-the-ambitious-westworld-hbos-next-big-hit.html|title=Is 'Westworld' HBO's Next Big Hit?|newspaper=The New York Times|date=29 September 2016|access-date=2 March 2017|archive-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113163839/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/arts/television/is-the-ambitious-westworld-hbos-next-big-hit.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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