Line #30 Creator/KathrynBigelow


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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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