Director
Kathryn Bigelow
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Anthony Mackie
2 titles together
The Hurt Locker, Detroit
Sam Spruell
2 titles together
The Hurt Locker, K-19: The Widowmaker
Sam Redford
2 titles together
The Hurt Locker, K-19: The Widowmaker
J.J. Kandel
2 titles together
The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty
Jason Clarke
2 titles together
Zero Dark Thirty, A House of Dynamite
Gary Busey
2 titles together
Point Break, The Set-Up
Full filmography · 21
A House of Dynamite
Director
20256.4
Detroit
Director
20177.2
The Protectors
Director
2017Last Days
Director
2014
Zero Dark Thirty
Director
20127
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
as Interviewee
2009
The Hurt Locker
Director
20087.3
Mission Zero
Director
2007
K-19: The Widowmaker
Director
20026.6
The Weight of Water
Director
20015.5
Undertow
Writer
19965.7
Point Break
Director
19917.2