Kathryn Bigelow

  • EntertainmentThe Wrap

    Every Female Director Nominated for an Oscar, From Lina Wertmuller to Greta Gerwig (Photos)

    “Lady Bird” writer-director Greta Gerwig becomes only the fifth woman nominated by the Academy in the directing category.Lina Wertmuller, “Seven Beauties” (1976)  •  The first woman ever nominated in the category was this Italian director for a drama about an Italian solider who deserted the army during WWII and is sent a German prison camp. She lost to John G. Avildsen for “Rocky.”Jane Campion, “The Piano” (1993)  •  The Australian director won an Oscar for her original screenplay for the perio

  • EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK

    First woman ever nominated for the Best Director gets her Oscar

    Lina Wertmüller, the first woman ever to be nominated in the Best Director category at the Academy Awards, has been given an honorary Oscar.

  • NewsBen Bussey

    Rumoured Director Shortlist For Tomb Raider Reboot

    It’s been some time since we’ve heard anything of the long-mooted revival of the ‘Tomb Raider’ franchise - but it seems the project might be hotting up at last. The Tracking Board has shared a rumour of three directors Warner Bros are said to be circling to bring video game heroine Lara Croft back to the big screen - and they’re certainly not setting their sights low. Allegedly, Warner Bros want ‘Tomb Raider’ to be directed by either Kathryn Bigelow, Catherine Hardwicke, or Mimi Leder.

  • NewsJordan Zakarin

    'American Sniper' Triggers More War Movies

    Over the weekend, American Sniper passed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 to become the highest-grossing movie released in 2014. Already, Steven Spielberg has announced plans to team with Jennifer Lawrence on a big-screen adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning Iraq War photographer Lynsey Addario’s memoir, It’s What I Do.