Kathryn Bigelow
Directing
1951-11-27 · 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.
Filmography
A House of Dynamite
2025 · Movie
Year Zero
2022 · Series
The Forever Prisoner
2021 · Movie
Esther's Choice
2020 · Movie
Triple Frontier
2019 · Movie
Detroit
2017 · Movie
The Protectors
2017 · Movie
Mogadishu, Minnesota
2016 · Movie
Cartel Land
2015 · Movie
Last Days
2014 · Movie
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · Movie
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
2009 · Movie
The Hurt Locker
2008 · Movie
Mission Zero
2007 · Movie
The Colbert Report
2005 · Series
Karen Sisco
2003 · Series
Living in Darkness
2002 · Movie
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Movie
The Weight of Water
2001 · Movie
Eye of God
1997 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Undertow
1996 · Movie
Strange Days
1995 · Movie
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
1995 · Series
Cinefile: Reel Women
1995 · Movie
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Series
Wild Palms
1993 · Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
Point Break
1991 · Movie
Blue Steel
1990 · Movie
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988 · Movie
Near Dark
1987 · Movie
The Equalizer
1985 · Series
The Loveless
1984 · Movie
Born in Flames
1983 · Movie
Union City
1980 · Movie
Bored
1979 · Movie
Altered to Suit
1979 · Movie
The Set-Up
1978 · Movie
Regrouping
1976 · Movie
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
1975 · Movie
Prisoner's Dilemma
1974 · Movie
Done To
1974 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series