Kathryn 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
Credits
- 2014 ยทAnd the Oscar Goes To...as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 ยทBeyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirkas Interviewee
- 2005 ยทThe Colbert Reportas
- 2002 ยทLiving in Darknessas Herself
- 1996 ยทThe Daily Showas Self
- 1995 ยทCinefile: Reel Womenas Self
- 1993 ยทWild Palmsas Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)
- 1983 ยทBorn in Flamesas Newspaper Editor
- 1976 ยทRegroupingas Self
- 1974 ยทPrisoner's Dilemmaas Worker
- 1974 ยทDone Toas