Brandon RifeCOM 329: Contemporary Film

Dr. Neuendorf

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