In 2008, she made The Hurt Locker, a thriller about an EOD team in Iraq.
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Oscar favourites The Hurt Locker, Precious and George Clooney's Up in the Air are also in the running.
Bigelow shot "The Hurt Locker" in Jordan, as close as she could get to the actual conflict zone.
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Mancunian Barry Ackroyd has one of The Hurt Locker's nine nominations for cinematography.
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From Kathryn Bigelow's record-breaking "The Hurt Locker" to Lone Sherfig's BAFTA-winning "An Education, " women seem to be thriving behind the camera.
Other Best Picture nominees like The Hurt Locker, Up and Inglourious Basterds could see improvements in their DVD sales and rental numbers.
"The Hurt Locker" looks at the whole condition of war and endeavor and -- like they say -- war is human abrasion.
"That's a misrepresentation of the film, " said the Hurt Locker film-maker.
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It was also claimed Boal, who previously worked with Bigelow on Oscar-winning drama The Hurt Locker, had been granted access to classified information, an allegation he denied.
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Bigelow - who became the first woman to win the Oscar for directing with 2008's The Hurt Locker - said she was "immensely grateful" for her latest accolade.
Since the start of the year, "The Hurt Locker, " which tells the story of an elite squad of bomb disposal experts in Iraq, has picked up numerous critics awards.
Thursday the Academy announced it would allow all four named producers on The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shaprio) to accept should the film win.
Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal - who won Oscars in 2010 for The Hurt Locker - said last month the film depicted "a variety of controversial practices and intelligence methods".
At Comic-Con Downey took the stage and introduced Mark Ruffalo as The Incredible Hulk, Jeremy Renner (from The Hurt Locker) as Hawkeye and the relatively unknown stars of the upcoming films Thor and Captain America.
"The Kathryn Bigelow" effect was coined by some industry observers who believed that her win for "The Hurt Locker, " the first Oscar for a woman director, would open doors of opportunity for females behind the camera.
"The Hurt Locker's" BAFTA success adds further momentum to Bigelow's chances of making history by picking up a best director Oscar -- although BAFTA voters often go their own way and choose different winners to their American counterparts.
Which is why Hollywood was all atwitter last Tuesday when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences failed to name the eligible producers on two of the 10 Best Picture nominees: The Hurt Locker and The Blind Side.
The Obama administration, it seems, has granted an unusual amount of access to the team behind The Hurt Locker (writer Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow) for an upcoming campaign-season film about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.
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Avatar, the highest grossing movie of all time on an unadjusted basis, and the war film The Hurt Locker each earned nine nominations including nods for best director pitting former married couple James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow against one another.
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"Avatar" is for many the favorite to sweep the board at the Oscars this year: The film has been nominated for nine awards (the same number as "The Hurt Locker") and pundits are expecting the Academy to reward Cameron's high-tech efforts.
Director Kathryn Bigelow, whose The Hurt Locker won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, tells us the story of the multi-year, global hunt for Osama bin Laden, seen through the eyes of CIA analyst Maya.
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Comcast's wide-ranging On Demand movie lineup features new release films such as: Nine, Leap Year, The Blind Side, Crazy Heart, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, Precious and Twilight: New Moon as well as classics like Casablanca, The Exorcist, The Godfather and The Blues Brothers.
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War movies like Blackhawk Down and The Hurt Locker have also fueled demand, according to Cole, and many customers want to try the FN P90 simply because it is the weapon of choice of Secret Service agents, who can conceal the petite machine gun under their suit jackets, a fact garnered from games and movies.
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Netted also suggests double-checking your wagers against another prediction market, InTrade, where the action for Best Picture shows Hurt Locker and Avatar way way ahead of the pack.
Jennings was widely hailed as a great locker room presence who relished charitable work in the Green Bay community, which certainly can't hurt as well.
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