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.

Filmography

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Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

Interviewee

The Colbert Report

2005

Living in Darkness

Herself

The Daily Show

Self

Cinefile: Reel Women

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Late Show with David Letterman

Self - Guest

Wild Palms

Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)

Martini Ranch: Reach

Posse Leader

Born in Flames

Newspaper editor

Regrouping

Self

Prisoner's Dilemma

Worker

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Done To

1974

The Oscars

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