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.
Regrouping
(Self)
Living in Darkness
(Herself)
Born in Flames
(Newspaper Editor)
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
(Interviewee)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self (archive footage))
Done To
Cinefile: Reel Women
(Self)
Prisoner's Dilemma
(Worker)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
(Self)
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
(Self)
Wild Palms
(Mazie Woiwode (uncredited))
Strange Days
(Director)
Point Break
(Director)
Near Dark
(Screenplay)
Near Dark
(Director)
K-19: The Widowmaker
(Director)
K-19: The Widowmaker
(Producer)
The Hurt Locker
(Producer)
The Hurt Locker
(Director)
Blue Steel
(Director)
The Weight of Water
(Director)
The Loveless
(Director)
Bored
(Writer)
The Protectors
(Director)
Zero Dark Thirty
(Producer)
Zero Dark Thirty
(Director)
The Set-Up
(Director)
Undertow
(Writer)
Last Days
(Director)
The Loveless
(Writer)
Cartel Land
(Executive Producer)
Detroit
(Director)
Detroit
(Producer)
Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Political Thriller
(Director)
Mission Zero
(Director)
Eye of God
(Thanks)
I Am Not a Weapon
(Director)
I Am Not a Weapon
(Producer)
Touched by the Hand of God
(Director)
Blue Steel
(Screenplay)
Triple Frontier
(Executive Producer)
Mogadishu, Minnesota
(Executive Producer)
Esther's Choice
(Thanks)
Altered to Suit
(Editor)
Bored
(Cinematography)
Wild Palms
(Director)
Karen Sisco
(Director)
Homicide: Life on the Street
(Director)
The Equalizer
(Story)
Year Zero
(Executive Producer)