Kathryn Bigelow

Directing·Nov 27, 1951·San Carlos, California, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
A House of Dynamite2025 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Detroit2017 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Protectors2017 · Director	Director
LLast Days2014 · Director	Director
Zero Dark Thirty2012 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk2009 · Interviewee	Interviewee
The Hurt Locker2008 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
MMission Zero2007 · Director	Director
Living in Darkness2002 · Herself	Herself
K-19: The Widowmaker2002 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Weight of Water2001 · Director	Director
Undertow1996 · Writer	Writer
Strange Days1995 · Director	Director
Cinefile: Reel Women1995 · Self	Self
Point Break1991 · Director	Director
Blue Steel1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Martini Ranch: Reach1988 · Posse Leader	Posse Leader
Near Dark1987 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Loveless1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Born in Flames1983 · Newspaper editor	Newspaper editor
BBored1979 · Writer	Writer
The Set-Up1978 · Director	Director
Regrouping1976 · Self	Self
PPsychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare1975 · Director	Director
Prisoner's Dilemma1974 · Worker	Worker
DDone To1974 · Actor	Actor