Portrait of Kathryn Bigelow

Directing

Kathryn Bigelow

Career

Active from 1974 to 2025, busiest in 1993 and 2017 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
GoodWatch score89/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Directing

    2010 · Won · 82nd Academy Awards

    The Hurt Locker

    Source: Wikidata

  • Producers Guild of America Awards · Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture

    2010 · Won

    The Hurt Locker

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Picture

    2010 · Won · 82nd Academy Awards

    The Hurt Locker

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Director

    2010 · Won · 63rd British Academy Film Awards

    The Hurt Locker

    Source: Wikidata

  • Critics' Choice Awards · Best Director

    2009 · Won

    The Hurt Locker

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Film

    2009 · Won

    The Hurt Locker

    Source: Wikidata

  • Directors Guild of America Awards · Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film

    2009 · Won

    The Hurt Locker

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Picture

    2013 · Nominated · 85th Academy Awards

    Zero Dark Thirty

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kathryn Bigelow Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.7, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0
  • Wholesome
    1.5, average 3.4
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Iconic Soundtrack 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 67
A House of Dynamite
A House of Dynamite (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

Producer, Director

Esther's Choice
Esther's Choice (2020)

Thanks

2010s

7 titles · average score 75
Triple Frontier
Triple Frontier (2019)
GoodWatch score 64

Executive Producer

Detroit
Detroit (2017)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Producer

The Protectors
The Protectors (2017)

Director

Mogadishu, Minnesota
Mogadishu, Minnesota (2016)

Executive Producer

Cartel Land
Cartel Land (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

Executive Producer

Last Days
Last Days (2014)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Producer

2000s

6 titles · average score 62
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk (2009)

as Interviewee

The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker (2008)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Producer

Mission Zero
Mission Zero (2007)
GoodWatch score 50

Director

The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report (2005)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

K-19: The Widowmaker
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Producer

The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water (2001)
GoodWatch score 45

Director

1990s

6 titles · average score 61
Eye of God
Eye of God (1997)
GoodWatch score 73

Thanks

Undertow
Undertow (1996)
GoodWatch score 54

Writer

Strange Days
Strange Days (1995)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Wild Palms
Wild Palms (1993)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show · as Mazie Woiwode (uncredited)

Point Break
Point Break (1991)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Blue Steel
Blue Steel (1990)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Writer

1980s

5 titles · average score 64
Martini Ranch: Reach
Martini Ranch: Reach (1988)

as Posse Leader

Near Dark
Near Dark (1987)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay, Director

The Loveless
The Loveless (1984)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Writer

Born in Flames
Born in Flames (1983)
GoodWatch score 67

as Newspaper editor

Union City
Union City (1980)
GoodWatch score 57

Script Supervisor

1970s

5 titles
Bored
Bored (1979)

Cinematography, Writer

Altered to Suit
Altered to Suit (1979)

Editor

The Set-Up
The Set-Up (1978)

Director

Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare
Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare (1975)

Director

Prisoner's Dilemma
Prisoner's Dilemma (1974)

as Worker