Kathryn Bigelow
Biography: Kathryn Ann Bigelow (born November 27, 1951) is an American film director. Her best-known films are the cult horror film Near Dark (1987), the surfer/bank robbery action picture Point Break (1991), the historical/mystery film The Weight of Water (2000) and the war drama The Hurt Locker (2008). The Hurt Locker won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture, won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Drama. With The Hurt Locker, Bigelow became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Director. In April 2010, Bigelow was named to the Time 100 list of most influential people of the year.
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Birthday: November 27, 1951
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Regrouping
1976-12-08
Regrouping
Overview: In this experimental film, Borden explores the dynamics among the members of a woman’s group. As she interviews people who know them, such as Joan Jonas, the group shoots ‘artistic’ scenes of themselves – but Borden feels they aren’t fully grappling with issues of sexuality and politics. Are they a serious group – or just friends? After showing an early edit of the film to the group, its members, upset, close ranks. Undeterred, Borden incorporates the group’s arguments into another edit, filming larger groups commenting both on the original one and on consciousness-raising groups in general. Uncredited voices include those of Barbara Kruger and Kathryn Bigelow.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-08
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Living in Darkness
2002-09-10
Living in Darkness
Overview: A documentary featuring the cast and crew of "Near Dark" reminiscing about the film's production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-10
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Born in Flames
1983-04-01
Born in Flames
Overview: In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-01
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Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
2009-01-20
Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
Overview: Kathryn Bigelow talks about the work of film director Douglas Sirk.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-20
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Done To
1974-01-01
Done To
Overview: "Done To" (sometimes called "It Is, Done To") consists of simple camera frames which are silent and/or unconnected to a complex soundtrack running parellel to the images. There are brief instances where image and sound meet; however, the majority of the images are overtaken by at times symphonic, at times cacophonous soundtracks which displace the normal filmic viewing experience.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Cinefile: Reel Women
1995-02-19
Cinefile: Reel Women
Overview: Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe in the early 1990s, exploring the opportunities and obstacles that face them. A program made to accompany a Channel 4 season of films directed and produced by women.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-19
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Prisoner's Dilemma
1974-12-31
Prisoner's Dilemma
Overview: A two-part tape of a video performance done on January 22, 1974, at 112 Greene Street (as part of the Video Performance Exhibition), structured on a problem in game theory, a non-zero-sum game, in which both players can win or lose at the same time, one can win more than the other, and one can win at the others expense. Serra and Bell have used game theory as a way of dealing with genres of commercial TV: cops and robbers in the first part, and a quiz program in the second.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-31
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