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 can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.
I'm interested in social commentary.
What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.
I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not.
Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.
Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.
I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to, I suppose, explore uncharted ground.
I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.
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.
One should make morals judgements for oneself.
My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.
There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character.
Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.
The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process.