Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow's biography

Kathryn Ann Bigelow is 71 years old screenwriter born at San Carlos. She was born on Tuesday 27th of November 1951. She is often nicknamed as Kathryn Ann Bigelow, Kathryn Bigelow, Kathryn. According to year of birth 1951 Kathryn belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 27th of November means she is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.

She is white american. She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be screenwriter. You can know her also as film director, film producer, writer. Kathryn is recently known as executive producer.

Kathryn Bigelow's family

Kathryn Bigelow's ex husband

James Cameron

Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron have been together since 1989 for 2 years. He is known as film producer. Kathryn´s ex husband was born on Monday 16th of August 1954 in Kapuskasing.

Kathryn Bigelow's schools

We found 4 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Columbia University, Columbia University School of the Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Carlos High School.

Detailed informations about her schools

• When she sent an unfinished short feature to Columbia University's film school, director Milos Forman--then serving as a professor there--found it impressive enough to offer her a scholarship. She graduated from Columbia in 1979.

Kathryn Bigelow's career

Kathryn´s main focus is to be screenwriter. She is famous thanks to directing films like the 1987 vampire Western horror film Near Dark, the 1991 crime-action film Point Break, the 1995 sci-fi film Strange Days, the 2009 war film The Hurt Locker and the 2012 thriller film Zero Dark Thirty.

Is Kathryn Bigelow gay ?

She is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Kathryn Bigelow's Awards

• Received a Dallas Star award from the AFI Dallas film festival in 2009.
• First woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for directing a feature film (for The Hurt Locker (2008)).
• In 2010, she became the first woman in Oscar history to win the Best Director award.
• First woman to win a BAFTA Award for Best Director.
• As of 2018 she was the fifth woman to be nominated for the Directing Academy Award. The other four were: Lina Wertmüller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola and Greta Gerwig. Bigelow ended up becoming the first woman to win the award.
• Competed with ex-husband James Cameron for the Best Director Oscar in 2010. This marked the first time that (ex-) spouses were nominated alongside each other in this category. She went on to win the award--the first woman director to do so.
• As of 2018 she has directed two actors to Academy Award-nominated performances: Jeremy Renner (Best Actor, The Hurt Locker (2008)), and Jessica Chastain (Best Actress, Zero Dark Thirty (2012)).

Kathryn Bigelow's Nominations

• Kathryn was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director for work The Hurt Locker in 2010
• She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
• She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture

What else you don't know about Kathryn Bigelow ?

Her middle name is Ann.

What Kathryn Bigelow has done for a first time

• First woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for directing a feature film (for The Hurt Locker (2008)).
• In 2010, she became the first woman in Oscar history to win the Best Director award.
• First woman to win a BAFTA Award for Best Director.
• As of 2018 she was the fifth woman to be nominated for the Directing Academy Award. The other four were: Lina Wertmüller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola and Greta Gerwig. Bigelow ended up becoming the first woman to win the award.
• Competed with ex-husband James Cameron for the Best Director Oscar in 2010. This marked the first time that (ex-) spouses were nominated alongside each other in this category. She went on to win the award--the first woman director to do so.

Kathryn Bigelow's quotes

• You cast not for marquee value but for performance and talent. The right actor for the part. Anything else is a compromise.
• [on The Hurt Locker (2008)] War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. I'm trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st-century combat.
• Usually what happens is there will be an urgency, and then I can do nothing else but that. [But] events like this [the killing of Osama bin Laden] only come along once or twice in a millennium.
• [on Zero Dark Thirty (2012)] I feel we got it right. I'm proud of the movie, and I stand behind it completely. I think that it's a deeply moral movie that questions the use of force. It questions what was done in the name of finding [Osama bin Laden].
• Once you've opened the window on topical material, its very hard to close it. Holding up a contemporary mirror is more attractive to me now than ever.
• [in Aug. 2017, on the lack of female filmmakers in Hollywood] It's a travesty. I feel like it's trending in the right direction, but it's painfully slow, and where's that inequity coming from? That's a big and complicated sociological question.
• [in Aug. 2017, on Detroit (2017)] James Baldwin said, "Nothing can be changed until it is faced". And in America, there seems a radical desire not to face the reality of race. So these events keep replaying.
• [in 2017, on why she moved from fine art to feature films] I knew film had the potential to cross all lines of culture and class. That excited me.
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Kathryn Bigelow's height, weight, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Kathryn Bigelow looks. We will focus on Kathryn´s height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. Kathryn is tall as 5' 11¾" (182 cm). Kathryn weights 141lbs (64 kg). Body build is slim. Her eyes are tinted hazel. Kathryn´s hair is shade of brown - light.