Kathryn Bigelow
- Born
- November 27, 1951 · San Carlos, California, USA
- Director
- Producer
- Actress
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.
Filmography · 21 credits
- 2025A House of Dynamite · Producer
- 2025A House of Dynamite · Director
- 2017Detroit · Producer
- 2017Detroit · Director
- 2012Zero Dark Thirty · Director
- 2012Zero Dark Thirty · Producer
- 2008The Hurt Locker · Producer
- 2008The Hurt Locker · Director
- 2002K-19: The Widowmaker · Producer
- 2002K-19: The Widowmaker · Director
- 2000The Weight of Water · Director
- 1995Strange Days · Director
- 1991Point Break · Director
- 1990Blue Steel · Writer
- 1990Blue Steel · Director
- 1987Near Dark · Writer
- 1987Near Dark · Director
- 1983Born in Flames · Actress (Newspaper Editor)
- 1981The Loveless · Writer
- 1981The Loveless · Director
- 1976Regrouping · Self (Self)