Who directed the 2008 film 'The Hurt Locker'?
"by routine civilian life. James confesses to his son that there is only one thing that he knows he loves. He starts another tour of duty, serving with Delta Company, a U.S. Army EOD unit on its 365-day rotation. The small-budget film was independently produced and directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a U.S. Army EOD team in Iraq. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in Italy during 2008. After being"
"and also received a Golden Globe nomination for her direction. In 2010, she won the award for Best Director and ""The Hurt Locker"" won Best Picture at the 63rd British Academy Film Awards. She became the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Director for ""The Hurt Locker."" 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 as the director of the sci-fi film ""Avatar,"" with a budget of $200 million"". The Hurt Locker"" was far less expensive"
"15th Critics' Choice Awards The 15th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2009 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1 and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker"" Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart"" Sandra Bullock – ""The Blind Side"" (TIE) Meryl Streep – ""Julie & Julia"" (TIE) Christoph Waltz – ""Inglourious Basterds Mo'Nique – ""Precious"" Saoirse Ronan – ""The Lovely Bones"" Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino – ""Inglourious Basterds"" Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – ""Up in the Air"" Avatar Up The Hangover"
"the participation of women in anti-imperialist movements. Director Kathryn Bigelow works in male-dominated genres like science fiction, action, and horror. She became the first woman to win both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award in 2010 for ""The Hurt Locker"". Catherine Hardwicke's films have grossed a cumulative total of $551.8 million. Her most successful films are ""Twilight"" (2008) and ""Red Riding Hood"" (2011). Nancy Meyers has had success with her five features: ""The Parent Trap"" (1998), ""What Women Want"" (2000), ""Something's Gotta Give"" (2003), ""The Holiday"" (2006) and ""It's Complicated"" (2009) which have"
"3. Roger Deakins – ""A Serious Man"" 1. Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker""<br> 2. Wes Anderson – ""Fantastic Mr. Fox""<br> 3. Quentin Tarantino – ""Inglourious Basterds"" 1. ""The Hurt Locker""<br> 2. ""Up in the Air""<br> 3. ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" 1. ""Summer Hours (L'heure d'été)"" • France<br> 2. ""Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)"" • Spain<br> 3. ""Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick)"" • Sweden 1. ""Of Time and the City""<br> 2. ""Anvil! The Story of Anvil""<br> 3. ""Tyson"" 1. Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche, – ""In the Loop""<br> 2. Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – ""Up"
"scene in Alfred Hitchcock's ""Psycho"". Since 2008, Innis has been married to fellow film editor and film distributor Bob Murawski. The two were first introduced to one another by Sam Raimi and met while both were editing ""American Gothic"". The couple married shortly after completing work on ""The Hurt Locker"". Her sister is Bay Area artist Cynthia Ona Innis. Chris Innis Christina Jean ""Chris"" Innis is an American film editor and filmmaker. She was awarded the 2010 Academy Award, BAFTA, and ACE awards for ""Best Film Editing"" on the film ""The Hurt Locker"" shared with co-editor, Bob Murawski. She is"
"Barry Ackroyd Barry Ackroyd, BSC (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer. Ackroyd has frequently worked with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film ""The Hurt Locker"" as well as the critically acclaimed 2013 biographical thriller ""Captain Phillips"", the former earning him a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. In 2014, Ackroyd became the president of the British Society of Cinematographers. Ackroyd was born in Oldham, England. He received a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography for ""The Lost Prince"". His latest credits are on Ken Loach's award-winning feature,"
"Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American director, producer, and writer. Covering a wide range of genres, her films include ""Near Dark"" (1987), ""Point Break"" (1991), ""Strange Days"" (1995), """" (2002), ""The Hurt Locker"" (2008), ""Zero Dark Thirty"" (2012), and ""Detroit"" (2017). With ""The Hurt Locker"", Bigelow became the first woman to win any of the Academy Award for Best Director, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director. She also became the first woman to win the"
"Kirk Shaw Kirk Shaw (born May 23, 1956) is a Canadian-born producer who founded Insight Film Studios in 1990. From 2006 to 2009 Insight Film Studios was Canada's largest independent production house. Through Insight Shaw has produced more than 100 often award-winning films, including ""Helen"", a 2009 drama starring Ashley Judd that won a Leo Award in 2009 for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama and was also nominated for Best Feature Length Drama. Shaw was part of the production team for the 2008 project, ""The Hurt Locker"", directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Guy"
"She directed episodes of """" in 1997 and 1998. Based on Anita Shreve's novel of the same name, Bigelow's 2000 film ""The Weight of Water"" is a portrait of two women trapped in suffocating relationships. In 2002, she directed """", starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, about a group of men aboard the Soviet Union's first nuclear-powered submarine. The film fared poorly at the box office and was received with mixed reactions by critics. Bigelow next directed ""The Hurt Locker"", which was first shown at the Venice Film Festival in September 2008, was the Closing Night selection for Maryland Film"
"worked together on the Academy Award winning film ""The Hurt Locker"", and on several Sam Raimi productions such as ""The Gift"", and ""Spider-Man"", as well as collaborating on Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars releases. (Blu-ray/DVD release, 2013) Bob Murawski Bob Murawski (born June 14, 1964) is an American film editor as well as a film distributor of cult horror and independent films under the ""Box Office Spectaculars"" and ""Grindhouse Releasing"" labels. He was awarded the 2010 Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on ""The Hurt Locker"", which he shared with fellow editor Chris Innis. He often works with"
"went on to write an original screenplay, titled ""The Hurt Locker,"" about a fictional set of characters and events based on his interviews and observations in Iraq. He was also a producer for the 2009 film adaptation set in Iraq, about a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) bomb squad. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, his business partner and co-producer. In March 2010 (five days before the Academy Awards ceremony), Master Sergeant Jeffrey S. Sarver announced he was suing the producers of ""The Hurt Locker"" because Boal allegedly based the main character and ""virtually all of the situations"""
"the soldiers themselves and the systems that perpetuate their situation. This is done through the depiction of war in a way that the 20th century would never consider, as another type of social problem, an addiction. This is the case in ""The Hurt Locker"" a 2008 film depicting the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team in Iraq. Although it did shoot on location in Jordan, utilize non-actors, and focus on a small group of people the movie is much more like more recent social problem films in that it focuses on characterization, storytelling, and filming stylization to portray its social issue more"
"Chris Innis Christina Jean ""Chris"" Innis is an American film editor and filmmaker. She was awarded the 2010 Academy Award, BAFTA, and ACE awards for ""Best Film Editing"" on the film ""The Hurt Locker"" shared with co-editor, Bob Murawski. She is an elected member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) and has served as an associate director on the board. Innis was born and raised in San Diego, California, the daughter of architect Donald Innis and his wife, teacher and floral designer Virginia. Chris Innis moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she graduated from U.C. Berkeley, majoring in"
"ten Best Picture nominees instead of five, a practice that was discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944. On February 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks. ""The Hurt Locker"" won six awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Other winners were ""Avatar"" with three awards, ""Crazy Heart"", ""Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"", and ""Up"", with two awards, and ""The Cove"", ""Inglourious Basterds"", ""The"
"In his free time, Geraghty enjoys surfing. Brian Geraghty Brian Timothy Geraghty (born May 13, 1975) is an American actor, known for his role in the Academy Award–winning film ""The Hurt Locker"", for his role alongside Denzel Washington in the 2012 film ""Flight"", and for his recurring role in the acclaimed HBO drama series ""Boardwalk Empire"". He appeared as a regular on NBC's ""Chicago P.D."" from 2014 to 2016. Geraghty was born in Toms River, New Jersey, and is of Irish descent. He graduated from Toms River High School East in 1993 and then studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse"
"contrast"" to the bulk of recent films on the subject of the Afghan and Iraq wars such as Katheryn Bigelow's ""The Hurt Locker"" (2009), Oren Moverman's ""The Messenger"" (2009) and ""Green Zone"" (2010) written by Brian Helgeland and directed by Paul Greengrass, where focus was almost entirely on the psychological experiences of military personnel, continuing ""Rarely do we ever catch a glimpse of the locals, whom we are supposed to be helping, unless they are being blown up or used as plot devices to heighten the suspense."" Other critics also pointed to differences between ""Born Free"" and Bigelow's ""The Hurt"
"2009, the critics’ group have agreed with the Academy on six occasions: Steven Soderbergh for ""Traffic"" (2000), Clint Eastwood for ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), Ang Lee for ""Brokeback Mountain"" (2005), Martin Scorsese for ""The Departed"" (2006), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for ""No Country for Old Men"" (2007), and Kathryn Bigelow for ""The Hurt Locker"" (2009). Oscar winner denoted by * New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honour the finest achievements in filmmaking."
"2008 Zurich Film Festival The third annual 2008 Zurich Film Festival ran from September 25 to October 5, 2008. Actor Peter Fonda will act as prexy of the feature film jury. The festival introduced a new section this year, Panorama D, dedicated to German-language film from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The showcase opened with the Nicolette Krebitz-directed psychological drama, ""Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald"" (The Heart Is a Dark Forest). Highlights of the festival included Toronto and Venice Film Festival hits such as the Coen brothers' ""Burn After Reading"", and the psychological Iraq war thriller, ""The Hurt Locker"" directed"
"Jeremy Renner Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor. He appeared largely in independent films, such as ""Dahmer"" (2002) and ""Neo Ned"" (2005). Renner appeared in supporting roles in bigger films, such as ""S.W.A.T."" (2003) and ""28 Weeks Later"" (2007). Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ""The Hurt Locker"" (2008) and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his much-praised performance in ""The Town"" (2010). Renner played Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films ""Thor"" (2011), ""The"" ""Avengers"" (2012), """" (2015) and """" (2016). He also"
"sexual abuse on college campuses. In 2015, the films were screened and over 500 students were in attendance. Kathryn Bigelow works in male-dominated genres like science fiction, action and horror. She became the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award in 2010 for ""The Hurt Locker"". In 2013, her film ""Zero Dark Thirty"" was met with universal acclaim and grossed $95 million in the United States box office. Bigelow went on to be nominated for Best Director at the BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Directors Guild of America Award"
"Brian Geraghty Brian Timothy Geraghty (born May 13, 1975) is an American actor, known for his role in the Academy Award–winning film ""The Hurt Locker"", for his role alongside Denzel Washington in the 2012 film ""Flight"", and for his recurring role in the acclaimed HBO drama series ""Boardwalk Empire"". He appeared as a regular on NBC's ""Chicago P.D."" from 2014 to 2016. Geraghty was born in Toms River, New Jersey, and is of Irish descent. He graduated from Toms River High School East in 1993 and then studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre before beginning his professional"
"editor for Sam Raimi (film director best known for ""The Evil Dead"" and the successful original ""Spider-Man"" films). Innis was hired by Raimi for the job of lead editor on the CBS/Universal TV horror series ""American Gothic"". Innis has since edited several films including 2010's Best Picture winner ""The Hurt Locker"", which won six Academy Awards including best editing. Innis has worked as a producer, writer, and editor with Bob Murawski for the distribution of cult films for Grindhouse Releasing and Box Office Spectaculars. She has also worked on the digital restorations of ""The Big Gundown"" and ""The Swimmer"". She"
"Academy Award winning film, ""The Hurt Locker"" with editor Chris Innis. Raimi has said of working with Murawski He’d come (down to the set) to see how things were going and to let me know if he’d just cut something that wasn’t working the way he’d wanted it to, or to suggest a pick-up shot I should get for a piece he felt we needed in a sequence I hadn’t realized I needed. He’s very detail-oriented... So we’re very close collaborators. Raimi finds editing with Murawski to be ""relaxing"", adding I love it... I can watch the film come together,"
"Mostra, only 21 will be competing for the Golden Lion top prize. Most of the films at Venice will be world premieres, including the ""things that go boom"" psychological thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow, ""The Hurt Locker"". The film deals with the physical and emotional strains faced by EOD bomb squads in Iraq. Also premiering at the festival is home-grown favorite ""Birdwatcher"" directed by Italy's own Marco Bechis. Other strong contenders for the coveted Golden Lion award are the Darren Aronofsky directed film, ""The Wrestler"", and director Barbet Schroeder's entry, ""L'Inju: la Bete dans l'Ombre"". With no British pictures and"
"grossing animated film ever at the box office. Also in that same year, """" became the fourth highest-grossing film of all time. Award winners On 7 March 2010, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to receive the Academy Award for Best Director for the 2008 film ""The Hurt Locker"". The American soap opera format lost popularity in favor of reality television and daytime talk shows. Long-lived but canceled shows ""All My Children"" and ""One Life to Live"" return in 2013 as online content. Prime-time television serials and Spanish-language telenovelas remain popular globally. A new development in global television is the"
"before being recruited to run the film department at Summit Entertainment. In 1998 Summit Entertainment, a sales agent at the time, launched its own production department with Splendor and Kill the Man, and by 2001, Feig joined Summit as president of production and acquisitions. He became a partner in 2007. During his tenure at Summit, he was involved in obtaining distribution rights to ""The Hurt Locker"", which won the Academy Award for Best Picture; produced all five films in the ""Step Up"" dance franchise, which grossed $651 million worldwide, provided Channing Tatum with his breakthrough role, and whose TV spinoff"
"Oaks"" but the series was not picked up. After starring with Dallas Roberts in the comedy-drama ""Ingenious"" and starring in the short-lived television series ""The Unusuals"", Renner went on to achieve critical success for his portrayal of bomb disposal expert, Sergeant William James in the 2009 Iraq war thriller ""The Hurt Locker"" (directed by Kathryn Bigelow). The role earned him several awards in the Best Actor category and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor as well a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2010, Renner's performance in Ben Affleck's ""The Town"" alongside Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Slaine and"
"green Irish landscape by Loach's frequent cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, ""Wind"" has a you-are-there intensity and intimacy about it that make it nearly overwhelming."" In 2016, he reunited with Greengrass for the fourth time for the fourth ""Jason Bourne"" movie. Barry Ackroyd Barry Ackroyd, BSC (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer. Ackroyd has frequently worked with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film ""The Hurt Locker"" as well as the critically acclaimed 2013 biographical thriller ""Captain Phillips"", the former earning him a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography."
"""The Wind That Shakes The Barley"", Paul Greengrass's take on the 9-11 disaster, ""United 93"", and the Kathryn Bigelow-directed Iraq War film, ""The Hurt Locker"". Teamwork and group effort is the Loach modus operandi. Loach has denied his status as an auteur director. Unlike most directors who routinely overstate the importance of their personal achievements, Loach celebrates the contributions of his crew, such as frequent collaborator, cinematographer Barry Ackroyd. Film reviewer Jack Matthews of the ""New York Daily News"" remarked about the filmmaking behind ""The Wind That Shakes The Barley"": ""Beautifully shot, both in darkened homes and on the misty"
"The Happening (2008 film) The Happening is a 2008 American post-apocalyptic psychological thriller film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man, his wife, his best friend and his friend's daughter as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster. The film was advertised as being Shyamalan's first R-rated film; it held its premiere in New York City on June 10, 2008, and was later released on June 13, 2008 in the United States. It received generally unfavorable reviews from critics and grossed"
"London Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 The 30th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2009, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 18 February 2010. A Prophet Fish Tank ""Let the Right One In"" • Sweden Kathryn Bigelow - ""The Hurt Locker"" Andrea Arnold - ""Fish Tank"" Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - ""In the Loop"" Duncan Jones - ""Moon"" Christoph Waltz - ""Inglourious Basterds"" Mo'Nique - ""Precious"" Colin Firth - ""A Single Man"" Carey Mulligan - ""An Education"" Michael Fassbender - ""Fish Tank"" Anne-Marie Duff - ""Nowhere Boy"""
"Locke (film) Locke is a 2013 British-American drama film written and directed by Steven Knight. The film stars Tom Hardy in the title role, the only character seen on screen, as he carries on a number of speakerphone conversations with characters voiced by Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, Ben Daniels, Tom Holland, and Bill Milner. The film premiered at Broad Street in Westside, Birmingham at the 70th Venice Film Festival on 2 September 2013. The film had a limited release in the United Kingdom beginning on 18 April 2014, and grossed $5 million worldwide. ""Locke"" received critical acclaim, particularly"