Kathryn Bigelow

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AKA: Kathryn Ann Bigelow, Kathy Bigelow
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 11/27/1951
Birthplace: San Carlos, California, USA

biography

Hailed as one of the preeminent stylists of contemporary Hollywood filmmaking, Kathryn Bigelow was often too easily pigeonholed as a female director with a flair for traditionally masculine movies. After making an unusual entrance to cinema by way of the art world, Bigelow put her distinctive stamp on standard genre films like the Western-twinged vampire flick, “Near Dark” (1987) and the feminist-themed cop thriller, “Blue Steel” (1990). With the financial success of the surfer bank heist picture, “Point Break” (1991), Bigelow enjoyed newfound status as a mainstream director with a rather Continued

Credits

Producer
2009
Director
2009
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Director
2004
Director
2002
Director
2002
Producer
2002
Director
1995
Director
1991
Screenplay
1987
screenplay
1987
Director
1987
Newspaper Editor
1983
Screenplay
Director
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Director
screenplay

milestones

Year
Milestone
1971 
Lived in NYC variously as a student, artist and filmmaker
1971 
Had one of her first "exhibitions" at the Whitney Museum in NYC
1978 
Short film writing, producing and directing debut, "Set-Up" (a 20-minute-long Columbia student project)
 
Posed for a Gap advertisement
1980 
Served as script supervisor for "Union City"
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