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Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Honored for her work on the Iraq war film The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow is the first female director to wina Best Director Oscar®. Bigelow was also at the helm for 1991's Point Break and 1995's Strange Days, but has earned household name status with her work on The Hurt Locker, which won her a Best Director Critics Choice Award®, a BAFTA and a Directors Guild of America award. The intense film follows three soldiers and bomb-disposal specialists and has been hailed as the first honest depiction of what it means to be a modern-day soldier fighting in the Middle East.

Photo: Summit Entertainment
Published on March 08, 2010
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