Split image. Left: Kathryn Bigelow smiling on stage at the Academy Awards, holding her Best Director Oscar statuette, wearing a sleeveless metallic silver-gray gown with intricate pattern, long wavy brown hair, and a red wristband. Right: poster for The Hurt Locker showing soldiers in combat gear amid exploding smoke and rubble, with the title in bold gold letters against a war-torn backdrop.
#OTD in 2010, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best #Director for her #film 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳.
Her other films include 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘒-𝟣𝟫: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳, and 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 (nominated for Best Picture). #WomensHistoryMonth