Showing posts with label Kathryn Bigelow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kathryn Bigelow. Show all posts

100 Women Directors Worth Watching

Posted by jellon Tuesday, April 26, 2011



AA = Academy Award (for the film)
doc. = Documentary, ss = Short Subject
Personal favorites highlighted in blue
[Updated 4.30.11]

Those with the most awards

Aparna Sen (Mr and Mrs Iyer-02, House of Memories-00) India, 12 awards

Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa-01, AA; Beyond Silence-96) Germany, 25 awards

Debra Granik (Winter's Bone-10, 26 awards) 17 awards


Deepa Mehta (Earth-96, Fire-98

Kathryn Bigelow Wins Director's Guild Award for Hurt Locker

Posted by jellon Monday, February 1, 2010


Kathryn Bigelow [AP photo above], ex-wife of director James Cameron, won the Director's Guild of America's best director award for The Hurt Locker. The winner has won the Academy Award all but six times since 1948. Bigelow is the first woman to win the award. Previously, only Lena Wertmuller (Seven Beauties) and Barbra Streisand (The Prince of Tides) have been female Oscar® nominees for