brandon rife com 329: contemporary film dr. neuendorf
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Studied art at San Francisco Art Institute
Studied film at Columbia University (on scholarship)
Taught at California Institute of the Arts
Directed music videos for New Order and Martini Ranch
Formerly married to film director James Cameron (1989-91)
Served on AMPAS Board of Governors (2012-13)
Casting unknown to little-known actors
Psychologically-driven characters
Exploring and pushing the film medium
Tackling social tensions in a chaotic, volatile way
Influenced by real-life events, both the over- and under-publicized
Strange Days (1995) Saturn Award
The Hurt Locker (2008) Oscar BAFTA DGA Critics Choice
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Critics Choice Award
First woman to win Critics Choice twice
Drama A motorcycle gang
stirs trouble in a small Southern town
Willem Dafoe’s first starring role
Co-directed and co-written with producer Monty Montgomery
Trailer: http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=HEAZ_KTWEi4
Horror/Western A young man is
pulled into an evil, nomadic vampire family
The word “vampire” is never used in the film
Saturn Award noms: Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (3 others)
Trailer: http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=FiYSirEHS5E
Thriller A rookie police
officer becomes the target of a psychopath
MystFest: Best Film nom
Film debut of Tom Sizemore
Trailer: http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=aJTOmShc9E0
Action/Thriller An FBI agent goes
undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers
Bigelow’s first box-office success
Trailer: http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=AVk3mR2UhgI
Action/Thriller A former cop turned
street hustler uncovers a police conspiracy
Written by ex-husband James Cameron
Saturn Award wins: Best Director and Actress
Box-office failure Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yaXPx6xWEQ
Mystery A reporter examines
a 127-year-old murder with modern parallels
San Sebastian Int’t Film Festival: Golden Seashell nom
Box-office and critical failure
Trailer: http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=nelE1UbylSE
Thriller A nuclear submarine’s
crew must prevent a nuclear cataclysm
Inspired by true events Survivors of the actual
event were displeased with the film’s portrayal
Tom Stoppard did an un-credited script re-write
Box-office failure Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm-IdLlkmSo
Drama/War An Army bomb-
disposer puts his team in peril
Oscar wins: Picture, Director, and Screenplay (3 others)
Shot by rolling four hand-held 16-mm cameras simultaneously
Bigelow had “final cut” Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GxSDZc8etg
Drama/War A CIA agent spends 10
years tracking Osama bin Laden
Oscar win: Sound Editing
Oscar noms: Picture, Director, Actress (2 others)
Former CIA Director Morell says the torture scenes are factually inaccurate
Trailer: http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=cAtWcvCxPhc
Good Morning America http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=IFZ6TpSYDtI
Charlie Rose http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=u4P1qPjf7VM
Conan O’Brien http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=KaANkNuW7SU
CNN http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=gxhafezKIJs
Esquire http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=6qR7tPoxOlI
Making Of http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=vAIGjgYBPRE
Newsweek http://www.thedailybea
st.com/newsweek/2009/06/18/kathryn-bigelow-road-warrior.html
Village Voice http://
www.villagevoice.com/2009-06-24/film/interview-kathryn-bigelow-goes-where-the-action-is/
Wikipedia.org http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Bigelow
Harvard Film Archive http://hcl.harvard.edu/
hfa/films/2009julsep/bigelow.html
The Tech (MIT) http://tech.mit.edu/
V110/N13/int.13a.html IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000941/bio
Yahoo! Movies http://
movies.yahoo.com/person/kathryn-bigelow/biography.html
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