Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 27, 1951
Place of Birth
San Carlos, California, USA
Credits
42 titles
Kathryn Bigelow
Biography
Kathryn Ann Bigelow (born November 27, 1951) is an American film director. Her best-known films are the cult horror film Near Dark (1987), the surfer/bank robbery action picture Point Break (1991), the historical/mystery film The Weight of Water (2000) and the war drama The Hurt Locker (2008). The Hurt Locker won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture, won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Drama. With The Hurt Locker, Bigelow became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Director. In April 2010, Bigelow was named to the Time 100 list of most influential people of the year.
Known For
Filmography
A House of Dynamite
Director
Year Zero
Executive Producer
Esther's Choice
Thanks
Triple Frontier
Executive Producer
Detroit
Director
The Protectors
Director
Mogadishu, Minnesota
Executive Producer
Cartel Land
Executive Producer
Last Days
Director
Zero Dark Thirty
Producer
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
Interviewee
The Hurt Locker
Producer
Mission Zero
Director
The Colbert Report
Karen Sisco
Director
Living in Darkness
Herself
K-19: The Widowmaker
Director
The Weight of Water
Director
Eye of God
Thanks
The Daily Show
Self
Undertow
Writer
Strange Days
Director
Cinefile: Reel Women
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Wild Palms
Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)
Homicide: Life on the Street
Director
Point Break
Director
Blue Steel
Director
Martini Ranch: Reach
Posse Leader
Near Dark
Screenplay
The Equalizer
Story
The Loveless
Director
Born in Flames
Newspaper editor
Union City
Script Supervisor
Bored
Writer
Altered to Suit
Editor
The Set-Up
Director
Regrouping
Self
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
Director
Prisoner's Dilemma
Worker
Done To
The Oscars
Self