Christopher Nolan has finally won a BAFTA Film Award on Sunday, two in fact, breaking what some had described as a “curse.”

The director, one of the most prolific and best-known British film exports, had previously lost out on picking up a BAFTA trophy.

Nolan had received three nominations for his 2010 hit Inception, but the movie lost out to The King’s Speech in the best film race, while David Fincher earned the best director honor for The Social Network, and David Seidler won the best original screenplay BAFTA for The King’s Speech.

This year, Nolan entered the BAFTA Awards ceremony with 3 nominations for Oppenheimer, for best picture, director and adapted screenplay.

It brought his total career BAFTA nominations count to 8.  The bio epic led the pack of nominees with a total of 13.

Early on BAFTA Sunday, the adapted screenplay honor went to Cord Jefferson for American Fiction.

But later in the ceremony, Nolan was chosen as the best director honoree before ending the evening with a second trophy, the one for best film.

The 77th BAFTA film awards ceremony took place at London’s Royal Festival Hall, which served as the venue for the second year in a row after several years at Royal Albert Hall.

Scottish actor Davud Tennant (Doctor Who, Inside Man) hosted the ceremony.