Oppenheimer’s Oscars success with wins for Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy

Oppenheimer won seven Oscars, including best director for Christopher Nolan, ending his 22-year wait for an Academy Award (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic Oppenheimer has swept the Oscars, winning seven prizes, including best director for Nolan, ending his 22-year wait for an Academy Award.

The film about J Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist described as the father of the atomic bomb, was also named best picture, while its star, Cillian Murphy, won best actor, the first Irish winner of this award.