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.
Awards & recognition
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 2012
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2010
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2010
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 2010
- Directors Guild of America Award
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- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2013 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2010 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2010 · nominated
Filmography19 titles
Homicide: Life on the Street
Detroit
The Hurt Locker
Cartel Land
Point Break
Zero Dark Thirty
Strange Days
The Colbert Report
Near Dark
K-19: The Widowmaker
A House of Dynamite
The Daily Show
Triple Frontier
Born in Flames
Eye of God
Blue Steel
The Loveless
The Weight of Water
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