- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 27, 1951
- Place of Birth
- San Carlos, California, USA
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
movieA House of Dynamite
2025 · Director, Producer
Year Zero
2022 · Executive Producer
movieEsther's Choice
2020 · Thanks
movieTriple Frontier
2019 · Executive Producer
movieDetroit
2017 · Director, Producer
movieThe Protectors
2017 · Director
movieMogadishu, Minnesota
2016 · Executive Producer
movieCartel Land
2015 · Executive Producer
Last Days
2014 · Director
movieZero Dark Thirty
2012 · Producer, Director
movieBeyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
2009 · Interviewee
movieThe Hurt Locker
2008 · Producer, Director
tvThe Colbert Report
2005
tvKaren Sisco
2003 · Director
movieLiving in Darkness
2002 · Herself
movieK-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Director, Producer
movieThe Weight of Water
2001 · Director
movieEye of God
1997 · Thanks
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
movieUndertow
1996 · Writer
movieStrange Days
1995 · Director
movieCinefile: Reel Women
1995 · Self
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
tvWild Palms
1993 · Mazie Woiwode (uncredited), Director
tvHomicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Director
moviePoint Break
1991 · Director
movieBlue Steel
1990 · Director, Writer
movieMartini Ranch: Reach
1988 · Posse Leader
movieNear Dark
1987 · Screenplay, Director
tvThe Equalizer
1985 · Story
movieThe Loveless
1984 · Director, Writer
movieBorn in Flames
1983 · Newspaper editor
movieUnion City
1980 · Script Supervisor
Bored
1979 · Writer, Cinematography
Altered to Suit
1979 · Editor
movieThe Set-Up
1978 · Director
movieRegrouping
1976 · Self
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
1975 · Director
moviePrisoner's Dilemma
1974 · Worker
Done To
1974
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self