Director
Kathryn Bigelow
74 years · San Carlos, California, USA · 24 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 24
A House of Dynamite
2025 · Director, Producer
On Netflix
The Forever Prisoner
2021 · Self (archive footage)
On HBO Max
Detroit
2017 · Director, Producer
On VIX
The Protectors
2017 · Director
Last Days
2014 · Director
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · Director, Producer
On Netflix
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
2009 · Interviewee
The Hurt Locker
2008 · Director, Producer
On Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel
Mission Zero
2007 · Director
Living in Darkness
2002 · Herself
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Director, Producer
The Weight of Water
2001 · Director
On BFI Player Amazon Channel
Undertow
1996 · Writer
Strange Days
1995 · Director
On Hulu
Cinefile: Reel Women
1995 · Self
Point Break
1991 · Director
On Plex
Blue Steel
1990 · Director, Writer
On Plex
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988 · Posse Leader
Near Dark
1987 · Director, Screenplay
The Loveless
1984 · Director, Writer
Born in Flames
1983 · Newspaper editor
On OVID
The Set-Up
1978 · Director
Regrouping
1976 · Self
Prisoner's Dilemma
1974 · Worker