Kathryn Bigelow

Director and producer. Born 27 November 1951 in San Carlos, California, USA.

Titles on Fi1m6 directing · 1 producing

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 6 titles

Oscars2 won · 1 nominated

Born

27 November 1951, San Carlos, California, USA

Active

1987–present

Frequently works with

Mark Boal, Steven-Charles Jaffe

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

82Fi1m

80Critics

We rate Kathryn’s work 2 points above the press, across 6 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above5

60 to 791

Under 600

Of 6 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 5 films, 1 series
Screen time: 10 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $269m across 5 films with figures
Academy Awards: 2 Oscars2 won · 1 nominated
Active: 1987–present

Genres

Drama4
Thriller4
Crime2
Action1
Horror1
Mystery1

Best and worst on Fi1m

89BestHomicide: Life on the Street1993

73WorstA House of Dynamite2025

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

61970s

61980s

71990s

62000s

72010s

32020s

Producers most worked with

Mark Boal2 titles

Steven-Charles Jaffe2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards2 won · 1 nominated

Nominated2013Best Picture · Zero Dark Thirty
Won2010Best Picture · The Hurt Locker
Won2010Best Director · The Hurt Locker

BAFTA Film Awards1 won

Won2010Best Direction · The Hurt Locker

Other awards1 won

Won2012Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director · Zero Dark Thirty

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.