Kathryn Bigelow

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1951-11-27 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

San Carlos, California, USA

Kathryn Bigelow

Biography

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 Direct...

Acting

1976

Regrouping

as Self

2002

1983

Born in Flames

as Newspaper Editor

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1974

Production

1995

Strange Days

as Director

1991

Point Break

as Director

1987

Near Dark

as Screenplay

1987

Near Dark

as Director

2002

2002

2008

The Hurt Locker

as Producer

2008

The Hurt Locker

as Director

1990

Blue Steel

as Director

2000

1984

The Loveless

as Director

1979

Bored

as Writer

2017

The Protectors

as Director

2012

Zero Dark Thirty

as Producer

2012

Zero Dark Thirty

as Director

1978

The Set-Up

as Director

1996

Undertow

as Writer

2014

Last Days

as Director

1984

The Loveless

as Writer

2015

Cartel Land

as Executive Producer

2017

Detroit

as Director

2017

Detroit

as Producer

2025

2007

Mission Zero

as Director

1997

Eye of God

as Thanks

2019

Triple Frontier

as Executive Producer

2016

Mogadishu, Minnesota

as Executive Producer

2020

1979

1979

Bored

as Cinematography

1990

Blue Steel

as Writer

2025

2010

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