Kathryn Bigelow
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 27 November 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. In April 2010, Bigelow was named to the Time 100 list of most influential people of the year.
Known for
Production 8
- 2025A House of Dynamite · producer
- 2019Triple Frontier · executive producer
- 2017Detroit · producer
- 2016Mogadishu, Minnesota · executive producer
- 2015Cartel Land · executive producer
- 2012Zero Dark Thirty · producer
- 2008The Hurt Locker · producer
- 2002K-19: The Widowmaker · producer
Directing 18
- 2025A House of Dynamite · director
- 2017Detroit · director
- 2017The Protectors · director
- 2014Last Days · director
- 2012Zero Dark Thirty · director
- 2008The Hurt Locker · director
- 2007Mission Zero · director
- 2007Mission Zero · director
- 2002K-19: The Widowmaker · director
- 2001The Weight of Water · director
- 1995Strange Days · director
- 1991Point Break · director
- 1990Blue Steel · director
- 1987Near Dark · director
- 1984The Loveless · director
- 1980Union City · script supervisor
- 1978The Set-Up · director
- 1975Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare · director
crew 3
- 2020Esther's Choice · thanks
- 1997Eye of God · thanks
- 1979Bored · cinematography
Acting 8
- 2009Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk as Interviewee
- 2002Living in Darkness as Herself
- 1995Cinefile: Reel Women as Self
- 1988Martini Ranch: Reach as Posse Leader
- 1983Born in Flames as Newspaper editor
- 1976Regrouping as Self
- 1974Prisoner's Dilemma as Worker
- 1974Done To
Writing 5
- 1996Undertow · writer
- 1990Blue Steel · writer
- 1987Near Dark · screenplay
- 1984The Loveless · writer
- 1979Bored · writer
Editing 1
- 1979Altered to Suit · editor