Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow

1951-11-27 San Carlos, California, USA 33 Credits

Biography

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 f...

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A House of Dynamite

A House of Dynamite

2025

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

Esther's Choice

Esther's Choice

2020

Thanks

Esther, a film composer going through a dry spell, moves in with her boyfriend Michael only to find out that he still keeps his Ex-girlfriend's belong...

Triple Frontier

Triple Frontier

2019

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

Detroit

Detroit

2017

Director, Producer

7.3
Directing Producing

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.

The Protectors

The Protectors

2017

Director

5.0
Directing

A short VR documentary exposing the dangerous and grueling reality faced by rangers protecting African elephants from ivory poachers. Over 30,000 Afri...

Mogadishu, Minnesota

Mogadishu, Minnesota

2016

Executive Producer

Producing

A drama about a Somali family living in Minneapolis.

Cartel Land

Cartel Land

2015

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Tem...

Last Days

2014

Director

7.6
Directing

A short animated documentary film about the decline of African elephant populations due to the illegal ivory trade.

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty

2012

Director, Producer

7.0
Directing Producing

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 ...

The Miraculous Year

2010

Director

Directing

A chronicle of a New York family as seen through the eyes of a charming yet self-destructive Broadway composer.

Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk

2009

as Interviewee

Acting

Kathryn Bigelow talks about the work of film director Douglas Sirk.

The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

2008

Director, Producer

7.3
Directing Producing

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 wo...

Mission Zero

Mission Zero

2007

Director

6.8
Directing

Pirelli Film's second promotional short, starring Uma Thurman and directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

Living in Darkness

Living in Darkness

2002

as Herself

9.0
Acting

A documentary featuring the cast and crew of "Near Dark" reminiscing about the film's production.

K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

Producer, Director

6.5
Producing Directing

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

The Weight of Water

2000

Director

5.5
Directing

A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.

Eye of God

Eye of God

1997

Thanks

5.8

A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the loca...

Undertow

Undertow

1996

Writer

5.7
Writing

After his car breaks down, Jack seeks shelter, lost in a thunderstorm in a remote shack in the woods. He finds himself held at gunpoint by a deranged ...

Strange Days

Strange Days

1995

Director

7.0
Directing

Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience ...

Cinefile: Reel Women

Cinefile: Reel Women

1995

as Self

Acting

Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe in the early 1990s, exploring the opportunities and obstacles that face them. A progra...

Point Break

Point Break

1991

Director

7.2
Directing

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 John...

Blue Steel

Blue Steel

1990

Director, Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

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 as...

Near Dark

Near Dark

1987

Screenplay, Director

6.9
Writing Directing

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 ...

Touched by the Hand of God

Touched by the Hand of God

1987

Director

8.0
Directing

The concept of this promo directed by Kathryn Bigelow was proposed by New Order's manager Rob Gretton, who was inspired by the clichés of the videos o...

The Loveless

The Loveless

1984

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.

Born in Flames

Born in Flames

1983

as Newspaper Editor

6.1
Acting

In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality r...

Bored

1979

Writer, Cinematography

Writing

Boredom in New York City.

Altered to Suit

1979

Editor

"The mise-en-scene, the whole story, takes place in one location, the artist's studio. A delicate psychological allegory on 'a day in the life of' anc...

The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1978

Director

Directing

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 me...

Regrouping

Regrouping

1976

as Self

4.7
Acting

In this experimental film, Borden explores the dynamics among the members of a woman’s group. As she interviews people who know them, such as Joan Jon...

Prisoner's Dilemma

Prisoner's Dilemma

1974

as Worker

10.0
Acting

A two-part tape of a video performance done on January 22, 1974, at 112 Greene Street (as part of the Video Performance Exhibition), structured on a p...

Done To

1974

Acting

"Done To" (sometimes called "It Is, Done To") consists of simple camera frames which are silent and/or unconnected to a complex soundtrack running par...