Kathryn Ann Bigelow (/ˈbɪɡəˌloʊ/; born November 27, 1951) is an
American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Covering a wide
range of genres, her films include Near Dark (1987), Point Break
(1991), Strange Days (1995), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), The Hurt
Locker (2008), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and Detroit (2017).With The
Hurt Locker, Bigelow became the first and, as of 2020, only 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 Movie Award for Best Director. She
also became the first woman to win the Saturn Award for Best Director
in 1995 for Strange Days.Bigelow was included on the 2010 Time 100
list of most influential people of the year.Bigelow was born in San
Carlos, California, the only child of Gertrude Kathryn (née Larson;
1917â€"1994), a librarian, and Ronald Elliot Bigelow (1915â€"1992), a
paint factory manager. Her mother was of Norwegian descent. She
attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California.
American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Covering a wide
range of genres, her films include Near Dark (1987), Point Break
(1991), Strange Days (1995), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), The Hurt
Locker (2008), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and Detroit (2017).With The
Hurt Locker, Bigelow became the first and, as of 2020, only 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 Movie Award for Best Director. She
also became the first woman to win the Saturn Award for Best Director
in 1995 for Strange Days.Bigelow was included on the 2010 Time 100
list of most influential people of the year.Bigelow was born in San
Carlos, California, the only child of Gertrude Kathryn (née Larson;
1917â€"1994), a librarian, and Ronald Elliot Bigelow (1915â€"1992), a
paint factory manager. Her mother was of Norwegian descent. She
attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California.
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