Emma Thomas

**Dame Emma Thomas, Lady Nolan**  (an haife ta a ranar 9 ga watan Disamba 1971) ta kasance mai shirya fina-finai ta Burtaniya. Ta samar da dukkan fina-finai da mijinta Christopher Nolan ya jagoranta, wadanda suka tara fiye da dala biliyan 6 a duk duniya kuma ana daukar su a matsayin wasu daga cikin fina-fakkaatan mafi girma na shekarunsu.

Ta sami lambar yabo ta Kwalejin, BAFTA da Kyautar Zaɓin Fim na Masu sukar don samar da tarihin Nolan *Oppenheimer* (2023), ta zama mace ta farko ta Burtaniya da ta lashe Oscar don Hoton Mafi Kyawu. Thomas ta sami dama a shekara ta 2024 saboda gudummawar da ta bayar ga fim.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Emma Thomas a ranar 9 ga Disamba 1971 a London. Mahaifinta ya yi aiki a cikin Ma'aikatar Harkokin Jama'a, kuma ta shafe wani ɓangare na yarinta tana zaune a Gabas ta Tsakiya. Da farko ta yi niyyar bin mahaifinta zuwa fagen aikin gwamnati bayan kammala karatunta. Thomas ya yi karatun Tarihin d ̄ a a Kwalejin Jami'ar London (UCL).  Ta zauna a cikin wannan zauren zama kamar mai shirya fina-finai Christopher Nolan (saurinta da mijinta na gaba),  wanda ta sadu da shi lokacin da take da shekaru 18 a cikin makon farko a jami'a. 

Nolan ya gabatar da Thomas ga UCL Union's Film Society, inda suka shirya nuna fina-finai a cikin 35mm kuma suka yi amfani da kudaden don samar da labarai da gajeren fina-fakka. Thomas ya yaba wa Nolan da Film Society don tayar da sha'awar fim,  kuma zai samar da abin sha'awa ga ma'aikatan gajeren fina-finai na abokin tarayya.  Bayan kammala karatunta daga jami'a, ta yi tattaunawa "mai matukar damuwa" tare da mahaifinta inda ya yi ƙoƙari ba tare da nasara ba don shawo kanta ta yi aiki a cikin Ma'aikatar Jama'a.

## Ayyuka

### 1993-2000: Farkon aiki da ci gaba
Yayinda yake halartar UCL, Thomas ya kammala aikin horarwa da ba a biya shi ba tare da Fim din Title kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudu da mai karɓar bakuncin. Bayan ta sami digiri na farko a tarihin d ̄ a a 1993,  an inganta ta zuwa mai tsara samarwa don ɗakin studio.  Fim na farko da ta samar shi ne ɗan gajeren fasalin *Doodlebug* (1997), wanda ke nuna wani mutum da ke ƙoƙarin kashe wani halitta mai kama da kwari a cikin gidansa. Ita da Nolan sun kirkiro aikin a fim din 16mm a lokacin da suke jami'a.

Bayan shirye-shiryen ƙirƙirar cikakken fasalin, *Larry Mahoney*, an soke su,  Thomas ta samar da fasalin ta na farko, Following (1998), tare da Nolan da Jeremy Theobald, wanda ya fito a matsayin matashi maras aiki wanda ke bin baƙi a London da fatan karɓar kayan don littafinsa na farko, amma an jawo shi cikin duniyar mai aikata laifuka inda ya kasa nisanta kansa.  An yi fim din ne a kan kasafin kudin samarwa da kusan £ 3,000 (daidai da £ 6,668 a 2023) kuma an yi fim a karshen mako a cikin shekara guda, tare da al'amuran da ake maimaitawa sosai don adana kayan fim. Masu sukar fina-finai sun karɓi kyaututtuka da yawa a bukukuwan fina-fakka daban-daban.

Thomas ya gabatar da rubutun Nolan don fim din su mai suna Memento (2000), wanda ya biyo bayan wani mutum mai fama da amnesia wanda ke amfani da hotuna, bayanin kula da tattoos don farautar mai kisan matarsa, ga Aaron Ryder na Newmarket Films, wanda ya yaba da rubutun. An ba fim din kasafin kuɗi na dala miliyan 4.5 (daidai da $ 8,200,000 a 2024) kuma Newmarket ta rarraba shi zuwa gidajen wasan kwaikwayo 500 a Amurka bayan wasu ɗakunan wasan kwaikwayo sun ƙi shi, waɗanda suka ji tsoron cewa ba zai jawo hankalin masu sauraro ba. An ba da Thomas a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa na Memento, wanda ya sami yabo mai mahimmanci da yabo da yawa, gami da gabatarwa biyu a 74th Academy Awards. Masu sukar shida sun lissafa shi a matsayin daya daga cikin fina-finai mafi kyau na 2000s. Ta kuma taimaka wa darektan Stephen Frears a lokacin samar da High Fidelity (2000). 

### 2001-2013: Yaduwar karbuwa

A ranar 27 ga Fabrairu 2001, Thomas da Nolan sun kafa kamfanin samar da Syncopy Inc. Ta hada kai da samar da fim din Insomnia (2002), bayan mai shirya fina-finai Steven Soderbergh ya ba da shawarar Nolan ga Warner Bros. don ba da umarnin sake fasalin fim din Norwegian na 1997 na wannan sunan. Fim din ya biyo bayan masu bincike biyu na Los Angeles waɗanda aka aika don bincika kisan wani matashi a wani gari na arewacin Alaska. Ya sami kyakkyawan bita daga masu sukar kuma ya tara dala miliyan 113 a kan kasafin kuɗi na dala miliyan 43.

Thomas ya samar da Dark Knight trilogy tare da Nolan, Charles Roven da Larry Franco; wanda ya kunshi Batman Begins (2005), The *Dark Knight* (2008), da The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Gabaɗaya, fina-finai sun tara sama da dala biliyan 2.4 a duk duniya, kuma an dauke su daya daga cikin manyan fina-fakkaatu da aka taɓa yi. The *Dark Knight* ya sami gabatarwa takwas a 81st Academy Awards, ya lashe Kyautattun Sauti ga Richard King da Mafi kyawun Mai Taimako; lambar yabo ga Heath Ledger. Rashin nasarar fim din na kama gabatarwa mafi kyawun hoto ya sami zargi na kafofin watsa labarai, wanda ya haifar da Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Motion ta kara yawan wadanda aka zaba mafi kyawun hoto daga biyar zuwa goma; yanke shawara da kafofin watsa labarai suka kirkira a matsayin "The *Dark Knight* Rule".

A lokacin samar da *Dark Knight* trilogy, Thomas ya samar da The Prestige (2006), wani karbuwa na littafin Christopher Priest game da masu sihiri biyu na karni na 19, da Inception (2010), fim na asali game da ƙwararren *Farawa* wanda ke satar bayanai ta hanyar shiga cikin tunanin abubuwan da ya yi niyya. Dukkanin fina-finai sun kasance masu cin nasara da cinikayya: The Prestige ya sami sama da dala miliyan 109 a kan kasafin kuɗi na dala miliyan 40, duk da karɓar hangen nesa na ofishin jakadancin, yayin da Inception ya tara dala miliyan 839 a duk duniya akan kasafin kuɗi miliyan 160. Thomas ta sami yabo da yawa saboda aikinta a fim din na ƙarshe, gami da gabatarwa don Kyautar Kwalejin, Kyautar Golden Globe, da Kyautar BAFTA don Fim mafi kyau. Ita da Nolan sun samar da Zack Snyder's Man of Steel (2013), wanda ya sami ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa kuma ya tara fiye da dala miliyan 660 a duk duniya akan kasafin kuɗi na dala miliyan 220.