Known for Directing
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.
Born
November 27, 1951 (age 74)
Birthplace
San Carlos, California, USA
Filmography
42 films, 10 shows


A House of Dynamite
2025 · 1h 52m
country: United States
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.


Detroit
2017 · 2h 23m
country: United States
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.


The Protectors
2017 · 8m
country: Unknown
A short VR documentary exposing the dangerous and grueling reality faced by rangers protecting African elephants from ivory poachers. Over 30,000 African elephants die each year at the hands of poachers, and despite global outcry the trafficking continues. The biggest key to saving these elephants from extinction is the rangers working on the ground within Africa's national parks.
Last Days
Last Days
2014 · 4m
country: United States
A short animated documentary film about the decline of African elephant populations due to the illegal ivory trade.


Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · 2h 37m
country: United States
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.


The Hurt Locker
2008 · 2h 11m
country: United States
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.


Mission Zero
2007 · 8m
country: Unknown
After leaving her house on a quiet morning Uma Thurman is being pursued by two strange figures who shoot at her.


K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · 2h 18m
country: Canada
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.


The Weight of Water
2001 · 1h 53m
country: France
A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.


Strange Days
1995 · 2h 25m
country: United States
In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.


Point Break
1991 · 2h 2m
country: United States
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.


Blue Steel
1990 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant's gun from the crime scene, the police hold Turner accountable for killing an unarmed man. That same someone carves Turner's name into the bullets and uses them in a series of murders. Turner teams up with detective Nick Mann to clear her name and catch the killer. But she is drawn into a deadly game of wits with a psychopath who's always one step ahead… and much closer than she thinks!


Near Dark
1987 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.


The Loveless
1984 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.


The Set-Up
1978 · 17m
country: United States
The Set-Up is Kathryn Bigelow's student film at Columbia about the exploration of 'why violence in cinematic form is so seductive'. It featured two men beating each other to a pulp in a dark alley, while two professors analyzed the philosophy of it all on the soundtrack.
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
1975
country: Unknown
A short film consisting of text adapted from a US Army field manual on guerrilla warfare.