Kathryn Bigelow
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 27, 1951
- 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 Director. In April 2010, Bigelow was named to the Time 100 list of most influential people of the year.
Filmography
A House of Dynamite 2025
Director, Producer
The Forever Prisoner 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Esther's Choice 2020
Thanks
Triple Frontier 2019
Executive Producer
Detroit 2017
Director, Producer
The Protectors 2017
Director
Mogadishu, Minnesota 2016
Executive Producer
Cartel Land 2015
Executive Producer
Last Days 2014
Director
Zero Dark Thirty 2012
Director, Producer
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk 2009
as Interviewee
The Hurt Locker 2008
Director, Producer
Mission Zero 2007
Director
Living in Darkness 2002
as Herself
K-19: The Widowmaker 2002
Director, Producer
The Weight of Water 2001
Director
Eye of God 1997
Thanks
Undertow 1996
Writer
Strange Days 1995
Director
Cinefile: Reel Women 1995
as Self
Point Break 1991
Director
Blue Steel 1990
Director, Writer
Martini Ranch: Reach 1988
as Posse Leader
Near Dark 1987
Director, Screenplay
The Loveless 1984
Director, Writer
Born in Flames 1983
as Newspaper editor
Union City 1980
Script Supervisor
- Bored
Bored 1979
Writer, Cinematography
- Altered to Suit
Altered to Suit 1979
Editor
The Set-Up 1978
Director
Regrouping 1976
as Self
- Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare 1975
Director
Prisoner's Dilemma 1974
as Worker
- Done To
Done To 1974
Actor
Credits from TMDB.