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4 | ->''"If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies."'' |
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6 | Kathryn Ann Bigelow (born November 27, 1951) is an American film director from San Carlos, California, known for her adrenaline-soaked action movies and also for being the first woman to win the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Director (for ''Film/TheHurtLocker''). |
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8 | All of her movies tend to focus on characters who [[{{Determinator}} knowingly and willingly place themselves in harm's way in order to accomplish something that has to be done]] and at times [[BloodKnight seem to be addicted to the thrill of the chase]]. |
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10 | From 1989 to 1991, she was married to Creator/JamesCameron, who co-wrote and produced her film ''Film/StrangeDays''. Some were afraid this would cause awkwardness during the 2009 Oscar race, when her film ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' and his film ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' were considered the frontrunners for Best Picture, but there was no bad blood between them at all, with Cameron praising ''The Hurt Locker'' for being "this generation's ''Film/{{Platoon}}''" and even ''encouraging'' Academy voters to vote for Bigelow as Best Director. |
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12 | Her film ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty'', about the hunt to assassinate UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden, was nominated for Best Picture, but also attracted strong controversy. |
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15 | !!Filmography: |
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17 | * ''Film/TheLoveless'' (1982) |
18 | * ''Film/NearDark'' (1987) |
19 | * ''Film/BlueSteel'' (1989) |
20 | * ''Film/{{Point Break|1991}}'' (1991) |
21 | * ''Film/StrangeDays'' (1995) |
22 | * ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' (1998-1999) (3 episodes) |
23 | * ''Film/TheWeightOfWater'' (2000) |
24 | * ''Film/K19TheWidowmaker'' (2002) |
25 | * ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' (2008) |
26 | * ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty'' (2012) |
27 | * ''Film/{{Detroit}}'' (2017) |
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29 | !!Tropes applying to her and her work: |
30 | * AcclaimedFlop: ''Film/StrangeDays'' and ''Film/{{Detroit}}'' |
31 | * AmicableExes: With Creator/JamesCameron, to the point of even working together on ''Film/StrangeDays'' years after their divorce. |
32 | * BloodKnight / {{Determinator}}: Her main characters are usually both. |
33 | * CareerResurrection: After years away from the camera, she returned with ''Film/TheHurtLocker'', which appeared on countless critics' Top 10 lists and swept the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s that year, even making Bigelow the first woman to win Best Director. |
34 | * DeconstructorFleet |
35 | * JitterCam: All of her movies starting from ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' contain this. |
36 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She was 59 when the page photo was taken. ''Fifty-nine.'' |
37 | * PlayingAgainstType: Her most popular pre-''[[Film/TheHurtLocker Hurt Locker]]'' film was ''Film/PointBreak1991'', a movie that contains almost none of her subversive qualities or subtext, and is now remembered for being SoBadItsGood, TotallyRadical and an UnintentionalPeriodPiece. Before that, she directed ''Film/NearDark'', a vampire western that helped reinvent the vampire genre. |
38 | * ProductionPosse: With writer/producer Mark Boal and Creator/RalphFiennes. |
39 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's six feet tall and, as the page image shows, very attractive. |
40 | * ThisLoserIsYou |
41 | * WorkingWithTheEx: With Creator/JamesCameron on ''Film/StrangeDays''. |
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