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

The Daily Show

as Self

The Colbert Report

Born in Flames

as Newspaper Editor

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

Wild Palms

as Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)

Regrouping

as Self

Living in Darkness

as Herself

Prisoner's Dilemma

as Worker

Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

as Interviewee

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