Kathryn Bigelow

Birthday: 1951-11-27
Birthplace: San Carlos, California, USA
Gender: Female

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.

Credits

Year Title
Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Political Thriller
2018-10-11 I Am Not a Weapon
2017-07-28 Detroit
2017-04-22 The Protectors
2014-12-07 Last Days
2012-12-19 Zero Dark Thirty
2008-10-10 The Hurt Locker
2007-02-12 Mission Zero
2002-07-19 K-19: The Widowmaker
2001-03-30 The Weight of Water
1995-10-13 Strange Days
1991-07-12 Point Break
1990-03-16 Blue Steel
1987-10-02 Near Dark
1987-07-12 Touched by the Hand of God
1984-01-20 The Loveless
1978-11-21 The Set-Up