
Known for
Directing
Born
November 27, 1951 (age 74)
Birthplace
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 Direct...
2025
Director, Producer
2022
2021
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Thanks
2019
Executive Producer
2017
Director, Producer
2017
Director
2016
Executive Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2014
Director
2012
Director, Producer
2009
as Interviewee
2008
Director, Producer
2007
Director
2005
2003
2002
as Herself
2002
Director, Producer
2001
Director
1997
Thanks
1996
1996
Writer
1995
Director
1995
as Self
1993