FILM DIRECTOR

Kathryn Bigelow

1951 - Today

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Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. She has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kathryn Bigelow has received more than 6,462,424 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Kathryn Bigelow is the 184th most popular film director (down from 169th in 2019), the 1,246th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,094th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Film Director.

Kathryn Bigelow is most famous for being the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director. She directed the 2009 film The Hurt Locker, which won six Academy Awards.

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  • 6.5M

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  • 61.20

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  • 63

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  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kathryn Bigelow ranks 184 out of 2,041. Before her are Jerzy Skolimowski, Don Siegel, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Francesco Rosi, Blake Edwards, and Theo van Gogh. After her are Jean Vigo, Jean Negulesco, Miklós Jancsó, Henry Hathaway, Dino Risi, and Marco Bellocchio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Kathryn Bigelow ranks 45. Before her are Kenny Dalglish, Johnny Rep, Nicu Ceaușescu, Anjelica Huston, René van de Kerkhof, and Jarmila Kratochvílová. After her are Jaco Pastorius, Bob Geldof, Kirstie Alley, Prabowo Subianto, David Coverdale, and Willy van de Kerkhof.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kathryn Bigelow ranks 1,246 out of 20,380. Before her are Pete Seeger (1919), Uma Thurman (1970), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Mario Lanza (1921), Valerie Solanas (1936), and Gerald Edelman (1929). After her are Claudia Goldin (1946), Evander Holyfield (1962), Jacque Fresco (1916), Marvin Minsky (1927), Edward C. Tolman (1886), and Charles Sweeney (1919).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Kathryn Bigelow ranks 47. Before her are Ed Wood (1924), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), Joel Schumacher (1939), Gordon Parks (1912), Don Siegel (1912), and Blake Edwards (1922). After her are Henry Hathaway (1898), Chris Columbus (1958), Wes Anderson (1969), Raoul Walsh (1887), Richard Donner (1930), and John G. Avildsen (1935).

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Filmography

The Hurt Locker
Director
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 work.
Oct 10o 20087.257 / 10
Zero Dark Thirty
Director
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 Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Dec 19o 20126.992 / 10
Point Break
Director
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 Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Jul 12o 19917.161 / 10