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
Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.
There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.
I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.
When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.
You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesnt work like that.
I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
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.'
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.
I have always firmly believed that every director should be judged solely by their work, and not by their work based on their gender. Hollywood is supposedly a community of forward-thinking and progressive people, yet this horrific situation for women directors persists. Gender discrimination stigmatizes our entire industry. Change is essential. Gender neutral hiring is essential.
I've always developed all my own pieces, and they're time-consumers.
You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh.
My interest is to work in as uncompromised a way as possible.
When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism.