Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow

Directing
Born 1951-11-27 San Carlos, California, USA 42 credits Academy Awards 2 Primetime Emmy Awards 1 BAFTA Awards 2 Directors Guild of America 1 National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 1

Awards

Won 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 won · 1 nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won

  • — Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Won

BAFTA Awards 2 won

Directors Guild of America 1 won

  • — Award Won

National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1 won

  • — Best Film Won

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 1 won

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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.
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Filmography
Directing 19 credits
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · 86% · Director
Point Break
Point Break
1991 · 71% · Director
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker
2008 · 76% · Director, Producer
A House of Dynamite
A House of Dynamite
2025 · 63% · Director, Producer
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · 74% · Director, Producer
Strange Days
Strange Days
1995 · 70% · Director
Near Dark
Near Dark
1987 · 71% · Director, Screenplay
K-19: The Widowmaker
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · 61% · Director, Producer
Wild Palms
Wild Palms
1993 · Director, Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)
Blue Steel
Blue Steel
1990 · 56% · Director, Writer
Detroit
Detroit
2017 · 70% · Director, Producer
Karen Sisco
Karen Sisco
2003 · Director
The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water
2001 · ★ 5.5 · Director
The Loveless
The Loveless
1984 · 61% · Director, Writer
The Protectors
The Protectors
2017 · Director
The Set-Up
The Set-Up
1978 · Director
Mission Zero
Mission Zero
2007 · Director
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
1975 · Director
Last Days
Last Days
2014 · Director
Acting 13 credits
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
1996 · 76% · Self
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · ★ 6.4 · Self - Guest
The Oscars
The Oscars
1953 · 66% · Self
Wild Palms
Wild Palms
1993 · Director, Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)
Regrouping
Regrouping
1976 · Self
Born in Flames
Born in Flames
1983 · 72% · Newspaper editor
Union City
Union City
1980 · Script Supervisor
Martini Ranch: Reach
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988 · Posse Leader
Cinefile: Reel Women
Cinefile: Reel Women
1995 · Self
Bored
Bored
1979 · Writer, Cinematography
Living in Darkness
Living in Darkness
2002 · Herself
Prisoner's Dilemma
Prisoner's Dilemma
1974 · Worker
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
2009 · Interviewee
Producing 9 credits
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker
2008 · 76% · Director, Producer
A House of Dynamite
A House of Dynamite
2025 · 63% · Director, Producer
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · 74% · Director, Producer
Triple Frontier
Triple Frontier
2019 · 61% · Executive Producer
K-19: The Widowmaker
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · 61% · Director, Producer
Detroit
Detroit
2017 · 70% · Director, Producer
Cartel Land
Cartel Land
2015 · 72% · Executive Producer
Year Zero
Year Zero
2022 · Executive Producer
Mogadishu, Minnesota
Mogadishu, Minnesota
2016 · Executive Producer
Writing 6 credits
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
1985 · ★ 7.1 · Story
Near Dark
Near Dark
1987 · 71% · Director, Screenplay
Blue Steel
Blue Steel
1990 · 56% · Director, Writer
Undertow
Undertow
1996 · Writer
The Loveless
The Loveless
1984 · 61% · Director, Writer
Bored
Bored
1979 · Writer, Cinematography
Other credits 5 credits
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
2005 · ★ 6.9
Esther's Choice
Esther's Choice
2020 · Thanks
Done To
Done To
1974
Eye of God
Eye of God
1997 · Thanks
Altered to Suit
Altered to Suit
1979 · Editor
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