Kathryn Bigelow
b. 1951 · San Carlos, California, USA
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.
Born 27 Nov 1951
Directed 12
A House of Dynamite
2025
Director
Detroit
2017
Director
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
Director
The Hurt Locker
2008
Director
Karen Sisco
2003
Director
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Director
The Weight of Water
2001
Director
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Director
Wild Palms
1993
Director
Point Break
1991
Director
Blue Steel
1990
Director
Near Dark
1987
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