Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Ann Bigelow is an American director, producer and writer. Her films include the vampire Western horror film Near Dark, the action crime film Point Break, the science fiction action thriller Strange Days, the mystery thriller The Weight of Water, the submarine thriller K-19: The Widowmaker, the war film The Hurt Locker, the action thriller war film Zero Dark Thirty, and the short film Last Days of Ivory. The Hurt Locker won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth27 November 1951
CitySan Carlos, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I don't believe in censorship in any form.
The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.
I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
I like high impact movies.
I don't know if I thrive in normal life.
On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously.
One should make morals judgements for oneself.
I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.
It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.
With each project, I'm going for something that makes viewers think, 'Wow, I've never seen a film like this before,' and later think, 'Wow, I've only seen a film like this once before. I saw it in theaters and am watching it now on Netflix or a similar streaming service.'
Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.
I'd love to just think of myself as a filmmaker, and I wait for the day when the modifier can be a moot point.
Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.
Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.