Kathryn Bigelow
Directing
Born November 27, 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.
Directed (15)
A House of Dynamite
2025
Detroit
2017
The Protectors
2017
Last Days
2014
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
The Hurt Locker
2008
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
The Weight of Water
2001
Strange Days
1995
Point Break
1991
Blue Steel
1990
Near Dark
1987
The Loveless
1984
The Set-Up
1978
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
1975
