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.
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Movies (34)
A House of Dynamite
2025 · Director, Producer
Prisionero Para Siempre
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Esther's Choice
2020 · Thanks
Triple frontera
2019 · Executive Producer
Detroit: Zona de conflicto
2017 · Director, Producer
The Protectors
2017 · Director
Mogadishu, Minnesota
2016 · Executive Producer
Tierra de Cárteles
2015 · Executive Producer
Last Days
2014 · Director
La noche más oscura
2012 · Director, Producer
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
2009 · Interviewee
Zona de miedo
2008 · Director, Producer
Mission Zero
2007 · Director
Living in Darkness
2002 · Herself
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Producer, Director
The Weight of Water
2001 · Director
Eye of God
1997 · Thanks
Undertow
1996 · Writer
Días Extraños
1995 · Director
Cinefile: Reel Women
1995 · Self
Punto de Quiebre
1991 · Director
Testigo fatal
1990 · Director, Writer
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988 · Posse Leader
Near Dark
1987 · Screenplay, Director
The Loveless
1984 · Director, Writer
Born in Flames
1983 · Newspaper editor
Union City
1980 · Script Supervisor
Bored
1979 · Writer, Cinematography
Altered to Suit
1979 · Editor
The Set-Up
1978 · Director
Regrouping
1976 · Self
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
1975 · Director
Prisoner's Dilemma
1974 · Worker
Done To
1974
TV shows (10)
Year Zero
2022 · Executive Producer
The Colbert Report
2005
Karen Sisco
2003 · Director
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
1995 · Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Wild Palms
1993 · Mazie Woiwode (uncredited), Director
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Director
The Equalizer
1985 · Story
The Oscars
1953 · Self