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The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal.It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce.
She became the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Director for The Hurt Locker. [23] [24] [25] She was the fourth woman in history to be nominated for the honor, and only the second American woman. A competitor in the category was her ex-husband, James Cameron, who directed the sci-fi film Avatar. [7]
The Hurt Locker is a 2009 Iraq War film written by Mark Boal and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. [1] The film premiered on September 4, 2008, at the 65th Venice International Film Festival, where it competed with The Wrestler for the Golden Lion award.
The Hurt Locker: Won First woman to win for Best Director. 2017: Greta Gerwig: Lady Bird: Nominated 2020 [note 1] Chloé Zhao: Nomadland: Won First woman of color to win and be nominated for Best Director. Emerald Fennell: Promising Young Woman: Nominated 2021: Jane Campion The Power of the Dog: Won First woman with multiple nominations in this ...
Twenty-five movies, including a record-setting number of projects helmed by female directors and directors of color, were announced Monday as the annual inductees for National Film Registry.
Mark Boal (born January 23, 1973) is an American journalist, screenwriter, and film producer. Boal initially worked as a journalist, writing for outlets like Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Salon, and Playboy.
In 2009, he portrayed Staff Sergeant Matthew Thompson in The Hurt Locker. In 2010, he appeared as David, Prince of Wales, who became Edward VIII , in The King's Speech . Both films won the Academy Award for Best Picture , making Pearce the first actor to appear in back-to-back Best Picture winners since Michael Peña (who appeared in Million ...
After starring with Dallas Roberts in the comedy-drama Ingenious and starring in the short-lived television series The Unusuals, Renner portrayed U.S. Army bomb disposal expert Sergeant First Class William James in the 2009 Iraq war thriller The Hurt Locker (directed by Kathryn Bigelow).