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Kathryn Bigelow by Gina Bahremand

Kathryn Bigelow is an Academy Award winning female film director known for action films like The Hurt Locker that involve explosions. While some criticize her for focusing on violence, she is interested in exploring truth and pushing cinematic boundaries rather than breaking gender roles. Bigelow overcame obstacles through her authentic vision and determination to achieve her dream of being a director.

“ Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow is just a woman who likes to blow stuff up” by Gina Bahremand
“ A useful, powerful vision is one that inspires as it unites, that focuses attention on what matters most while it guides action.”
Who is Kathryn Bigelow? “ I’ve spent a fair amount of time thinking about what my aptitude is, and I really think it’s to explore and push the medium. It’s not about breaking gender roles or genre traditions.” In 2009, Kathryn Bigelow became winner of the first Academy Award ever presented to a female director, for her outstanding Best Picture winner, The Hurt Locker… “ My dad dreamed of being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart.” “ I wanted the film to have a reliance on authenticity.”
Not either/or but both and more. “ a director who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, enjoys deep sea diving and, once, married James Cameron.” “ it's as simple as this: she may be a Lacanian-steeped, conceptual-art-based auteur, but she also really likes going to the middle of the desert and blowing stuff up..” “ Each one of us can take practical steps to embody greater authenticity and thereby produce better results in all aspects of our lives.”
Evidence of Authenticity. “ she always knew who she was, and what she was capable of, and never ever gave up.” “ I don’t like violence. I am very interested, however, in the truth. And violence is a fact of our lives, a part of the social context in which we live.” Kathryn Bigelow defied the odds with the boldness of her vivid imagination, unwavering tenacity and uncompromising vision.