Kathryn Bigelow
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing19
movieA House of Dynamite
2025
Director
movieDetroit
2017
Director
movieThe Protectors
2017
Director
Last Days
2014
Director
movieZero Dark Thirty
2012
Director
movieThe Hurt Locker
2008
Director
tvKaren Sisco
2003
Director
movieK-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Director
movieThe Weight of Water
2001
Director
movieStrange Days
1995
Director
tvWild Palms
1993
Director
moviePoint Break
1991
Director
movieBlue Steel
1990
Director
movieNear Dark
1987
Director
movieThe Loveless
1984
Director
movieUnion City
1980
Script Supervisor
movieThe Set-Up
1978
Director
Acting13
movieLiving in Darkness
2002
Herself
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Guest
tvWild Palms
1993
Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)
movieMartini Ranch: Reach
1988
Posse Leader
movieBorn in Flames
1983
Newspaper editor
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Production9
movieA House of Dynamite
2025
Producer
Year Zero
2022
Executive Producer
movieTriple Frontier
2019
Executive Producer
movieDetroit
2017
Producer
movieMogadishu, Minnesota
2016
Executive Producer
movieCartel Land
2015
Executive Producer
movieZero Dark Thirty
2012
Producer
movieThe Hurt Locker
2008
Producer
movieK-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Producer
Writing6
movieUndertow
1996
Writer
movieBlue Steel
1990
Writer
movieNear Dark
1987
Screenplay
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Story
movieThe Loveless
1984
Writer
Bored
1979
Writer
