Directing
Kathryn Bigelow
EN, DE cinema · 34 credits
Born
27 November 1951 (age 74)
Birthplace
San Carlos, California, USA
Also known as Katrhryn Bigelow · Kathryn Ann Bigelow
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, Producer
The Forever Prisoner
as Self (archive footage)
Triple Frontier
Executive Producer
The Protectors
Director
Detroit
Director, Producer
Mogadishu, Minnesota
Executive Producer
Cartel Land
Executive Producer
Last Days
Director
Zero Dark Thirty
Director, Producer
The Hurt Locker
Director, Producer
Mission Zero
Director
Living in Darkness
as Herself
K-19: The Widowmaker
Producer, Director
The Weight of Water
Director
Eye of God
Thanks
Undertow
Writer
Strange Days
Director
Point Break
Director
Blue Steel
Director, Writer
Martini Ranch: Reach
as Posse Leader
Near Dark
Screenplay, Director
The Loveless
Director, Writer
Born in Flames
as Newspaper editor
Union City
Script Supervisor
Bored
1979
Bored
Writer, Cinematography
The Set-Up
Director
Regrouping
as Self
Prisoner's Dilemma
as Worker