Kathryn Bigelow

AKA:
Kathryn Ann Bigelow Kathy Bigelow
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
11/27/1951
Birthplace:
San Carlos, California
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biography
Perhaps too easily pigeonholed as the female filmmaker with a flair for traditionally masculine genres, Bigelow entered the cinema by way of the art world. Hailed as one of the preeminent stylists of contemporary Hollywood filmmaking, she has proven her mettle and placed her distinctive stamp on several male-dominated arenas. Bigelow has crafted a languorous biker flick ("The Loveless" 1981), a Country & Western-flavored vampire movie ("Near Dark" 1987), a distaff crime drama ("Blue Steel" 1990), a surfing-oriented heist picture ("Point Break" 1991) and a would-be millennial sci-fi thriller Continued
Credits
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Producer
2002
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1995
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1991
Newspaper Editor
1983
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milestones
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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
 
First professional art job, worked as the assistant to conceptual artist Vito Acconci
1978 
Short film writing, producing and directing debut, "Set-Up" (a 20-minute-long Columbia student project)
 
Posed for a Gap advertisement
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