In 1977, a seven-year-old boy held his father's heavy camera.

It was a vintage Super 8 millimeter home film camera.

The small boy's name was Christopher Nolan.

After seeing Star Wars, he wanted to film his own space battles.

He used his action figures and cast his little brother Jonathan.

The sets were made of clay, flour, egg boxes, and toilet rolls.

His uncle at NASA sent him real footage of rocket launches.

Christopher said, "I re-filmed them off the screen, thinking no one would notice."

He is red-green colorblind, but he only found out from a test.

He says, "As far as I'm concerned, I see a full spectrum of color."

He spent his weekends cutting and gluing strips of film.

Years later, he would shoot his first feature on weekends for six thousand dollars.