2010 Oscar® Winners
From battlefields to football fields, the 2010 Oscars honored films of every genre. See who took home the night's top honors.
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.
Published 03/08/2010