Kathryn Bigelow
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Bigelow at the 82nd Academy Awards, 2010
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| Born |
Kathryn Ann Bigelow November 27, 1951 San Carlos, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
San Francisco Art Institute Columbia University |
| Occupation | Director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Notable work | The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Near Dark, Strange Days, Point Break |
| Spouse(s) | James Cameron (1989–1991) |
Kathryn Ann Bigelow (/ˈbɪɡəˌloʊ/; born November 27, 1951) is an American film director, producer, and writer. Her films include the vampire Western horror film Near Dark (1987), the action crime film Point Break (1991), the science fiction action thriller Strange Days (1995), the mystery thriller The Weight of Water (2000), the submarine thriller K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), the war film The Hurt Locker (2009), the action thriller war film Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and the short film Last Days of Ivory (2014). The Hurt Locker won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and was nominated for the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Drama.
With The Hurt Locker, Bigelow became the first, and only woman (to date), 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 Movie Award for Best Director. She also became the first woman to win the Saturn Award for Best Director in 1995 for Strange Days.
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