Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Born 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.
Directed
The Hurt Locker
Director · 2008
Zero Dark Thirty
Director · 2012
Point Break
Director · 1991
Detroit
Director · 2017
Strange Days
Director · 1995
Near Dark
Director · 1987
K-19: The Widowmaker
Director · 2002
A House of Dynamite
Director · 2025
Homicide: Life on the Street
Director · 1993
Blue Steel
Director · 1990
The Weight of Water
Director · 2001
Wild Palms
Director · 1993
The Loveless
Director · 1984
Last Days
Director · 2014
Karen Sisco
Director · 2003
The Set-Up
Director · 1978
Union City
Script Supervisor · 1980
The Protectors
Director · 2017
Acting
The Daily Show
Self · 1996
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1993
The Oscars
Self · 1953
Born in Flames
Newspaper editor · 1983
Wild Palms
Mazie Woiwode (uncredited) · 1993
Prisoner's Dilemma
Worker · 1974
Living in Darkness
Herself · 2002
Regrouping
Self · 1976
Martini Ranch: Reach
Posse Leader · 1988
Cinefile: Reel Women
Self · 1995
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
Interviewee · 2009
