Kathryn Bigelow

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Kathryn Bigelow

Directing 74 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 P…

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The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

7.2 2008 Movie
Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty

7.0 2012 Movie
Point Break

Point Break

7.2 1991 Movie
Triple Frontier

Triple Frontier

6.3 2019 Movie
The Daily Show

The Daily Show

6.4 1996 TV Show
Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

6.4 1993 TV Show
The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

7.0 2005 TV Show
Detroit

Detroit

7.2 2017 Movie
Strange Days

Strange Days

7.0 1995 Movie
A House of Dynamite

A House of Dynamite

6.4 2025 Movie
K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

6.6 2002 Movie
Near Dark

Near Dark

6.8 1987 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    A House of Dynamite

    Movie Director

  2. 2022
    Year Zero

    TV show Executive Producer

  3. 2020
    Esther's Choice

    Movie Thanks

  4. 2019
    Triple Frontier

    Movie Executive Producer

  5. 2017
    Detroit

    Movie Director

  6. 2017
    The Protectors

    Movie Director

  7. 2016
    Mogadishu, Minnesota

    Movie Executive Producer

  8. 2015
    Cartel Land

    Movie Executive Producer

  9. 2014
    Last Days

    Movie Director

  10. 2012
    Zero Dark Thirty

    Movie Producer

  11. 2009
    Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

    Movie Interviewee

  12. 2008
    The Hurt Locker

    Movie Producer

  13. 2007
    Mission Zero

    Movie Director

  14. 2005
    The Colbert Report

    TV show

  15. 2003
    Karen Sisco

    TV show Director

  16. 2002
    Living in Darkness

    Movie Herself

More credits
  1. 2002
    K-19: The Widowmaker

    Movie Director

  2. 2001
    The Weight of Water

    Movie Director

  3. 1997
    Eye of God

    Movie Thanks

  4. 1996
    The Daily Show

    TV show Self

  5. 1996
    Undertow

    Movie Writer

  6. 1995
    Strange Days

    Movie Director

  7. 1995
    Cinefile: Reel Women

    Movie Self

  8. 1993
    Late Show with David Letterman

    TV show Self - Guest

  9. 1993
    Wild Palms

    TV show Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)

  10. 1993
    Homicide: Life on the Street

    TV show Director

  11. 1991
    Point Break

    Movie Director

  12. 1990
    Blue Steel

    Movie Director

  13. 1988
    Martini Ranch: Reach

    Movie Posse Leader

  14. 1987
    Near Dark

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1985
    The Equalizer

    TV show Story

  16. 1984
    The Loveless

    Movie Director

  17. 1983
    Born in Flames

    Movie Newspaper editor

  18. 1980
    Union City

    Movie Script Supervisor

  19. 1979
    Bored

    Movie Writer

  20. 1979
    Altered to Suit

    Movie Editor

  21. 1978
    The Set-Up

    Movie Director

  22. 1976
    Regrouping

    Movie Self

  23. 1975
    Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare

    Movie Director

  24. 1974
    Prisoner's Dilemma

    Movie Worker