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Christopher Nolan directed his first feature film with a budget of $6,000 — plot twist: the budget.

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Nolan’s first feature, Following (1998), is widely reported to have been made for around $6,000. It was shot on weekends with a small crew, demonstrating how tight constraints can still produce a festival-level debut.

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