A House of Dynamite
2025 · Director
Detroit
2017 · Director
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · Director
The Hurt Locker
2008 · Director
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Director
The Weight of Water
2001 · Director
Strange Days
1995 · Director
Point Break
1991 · Director
Blue Steel
1990 · Director
Near Dark
1987 · Director
The Loveless
1984 · Director
November 27, 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.
