Kathryn Ann Bigelow (born November 27, 1951) is an American movie director, movie producer, screenwriter and television director. Her most critically successful movies are The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty. She is the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Hurt Locker. She is also known for other movies such as Point Break, Near Dark, Strange Days and most recently Detroit.
