Christopher Nolan’s Following had a reported production budget of US$6,000.
Nolan made Following as his first feature film, shooting it in black and white in London during weekends over roughly a year. The tiny budget came from Nolan and his collaborators, who worked around their regular jobs and reused locations, costumes, and equipment wherever possible.
The film’s low cost is often confused with its later sales and distribution figures. Following premiered in 1998 and helped establish Nolan as a filmmaker before he moved to larger productions such as Memento. Its lean production also shaped the film’s stripped-down visual style and compact running time.
Following remains notable because Nolan wrote, directed, photographed, and edited the film himself. The reported budget is an unusually small figure for a feature-length film, making it a useful milestone in his career.