Who directed the film The Hurt Locker, winner of the Oscar for Best Director in 2010?
"theatrical backgrounds, such as Suhail Aldabbach. He plays the innocent man used as a suicide bomber at the film's end. The film was shot in Jordan, within miles of the Iraqi border, to achieve Bigelow's goal of authenticity. Iraqi refugees were used for extras and the cast worked in the intense heat of the Middle East. The filmmakers had scouted for locations in Morocco, but director Kathryn Bigelow felt its cities did not resemble Baghdad. In addition, she wanted to get as close to the war zone as possible. Some of the locations were less than three miles from the"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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 film director Sam Raimi, having edited the Spider-Man trilogy, ""Oz the Great and Powerful"", and the 2015 remake of ""Poltergeist"". He is an elected member of the American Cinema Editors. Murawski was born in Detroit, Michigan,"
"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"
"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"""
"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"
"Blind Side"", ""Logorama"", ""Music by Prudence"", ""The New Tenants"", ""The Secret in Their Eyes"", ""Star Trek"", and ""The Young Victoria"" with one. The telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscar telecast since the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced on February 2, 2010, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Anne Hathaway. ""Avatar"" and ""The Hurt Locker"" led the nominations with nine each. The winners were"
"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"
"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"
"Wisconsin, Portland, Oregon and Miami. The 2009 SXSW Interactive saw the launch of the Foursquare application, which was called ""the breakout mobile app"" of the event by the ""Mashable"" blog. The 2009 SXSW Film screened 250 films, including 54 world premieres. The event was notable for having the United States premiere of the film ""The Hurt Locker"", which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2010. The winners of the feature jury awards were, for documentary feature, ""45365"", and for narrative feature, ""Made in China"". The 2010 music festival, which took place March 12–21, was dedicated"
"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"
"About Cats & Dogs"", which starred Oscar-nominated actress Uma Thurman. James Schamus (BA 1982, MA 1987, PhD 2003) has collaborated on screenplays with Oscar-winning director Ang Lee on the Academy Award-winning movies ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" and ""Brokeback Mountain"". Collectively, alumni have won at least 20 Academy Awards. Gregory Peck (BA 1939), nominated for four Oscars during his career, won an Oscar for acting in ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". Chris Innis (BA 1991) won the 2010 Oscar for film editing for her work on best picture winner, ""The Hurt Locker"". Walter Plunkett (BA 1923 ) won an Oscar for costume"
"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"""
"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,"
"The Wolfman (2010 film) The Wolfman is a 2010 American horror film and a remake of the 1941 film of the same name. Directed by Joe Johnston and written by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self, the film stars Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving and Geraldine Chaplin. Rick Baker and make-up effects supervisor Dave Elsey won the Academy Award for Best Makeup at the 83rd Academy Awards for their work. The film was released in the United States on February 12, 2010. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $139"
"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"
"Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009 The 22nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 21, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009. Jeremy Renner – ""The Hurt Locker"" Carey Mulligan – ""An Education"" Up ""The Hurt Locker"" – Barry Ackroyd Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker"" Anvil! The Story of Anvil The Hurt Locker ""The White Ribbon"", Germany ""Up"" – Michael Giacchino ""Up in the Air"" – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner ""The Hurt Locker"" – Mark Boal Christoph Waltz – ""Inglourious Basterds"" Mo'Nique – ""Precious"" Neill Blomkamp – ""District 9"" Carey Mulligan –"
"National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers for his work on . Mark Boal Mark Boal (born January 23, 1973) is an American journalist, screenwriter and film producer. Before he became a prominent figure of cinema, Boal worked as a journalist for such publications as ""Rolling Stone"", ""The Village Voice"", ""Salon"" and ""Playboy"". Boal's 2004 article ""Death and Dishonor"" was adapted for the film ""In the Valley of Elah"", which Boal also co-wrote. In 2009, he wrote and produced ""The Hurt Locker"", for which he won both the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Academy Award for Best"
"""An Education"" Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009 The 22nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 21, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009. Jeremy Renner – ""The Hurt Locker"" Carey Mulligan – ""An Education"" Up ""The Hurt Locker"" – Barry Ackroyd Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker"" Anvil! The Story of Anvil The Hurt Locker ""The White Ribbon"", Germany ""Up"" – Michael Giacchino ""Up in the Air"" – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner ""The Hurt Locker"" – Mark Boal Christoph Waltz – ""Inglourious Basterds"" Mo'Nique – ""Precious"" Neill Blomkamp – ""District 9"" Carey"
"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"
"Katie Jarvis - ""Fish Tank"" 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"""
"Sofia Coppola (2004), and Kathryn Bigelow (2012) were the only four women to be nominated for Best Director, with Bigelow being the first woman to win for her film ""The Hurt Locker"". 77% of the Academy Awards' voters are male. A group of Hollywood actors have launched their own social movement titled #AskMoreOfHim. This movement is built on the basis of men speaking out against sexual misconduct against females. A number of male activists, specifically in the film industry, have signed an open letter explaining their responsibility in the ownership of their actions, as well as calling out the actions"
"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,"
"in 2003. Beltrami earned an Academy Award nomination for his work on James Mangold's acclaimed 2007 western remake, """". Despite having met a mixed critical response, he was also nominated, alongside Buck Sanders, for the 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Score for his score to ""The Hurt Locker"". In 2011, he was met with critical praise and won a Satellite Award for Best Original Score for his score to the drama film ""Soul Surfer"". Beltrami composed the soundtrack for Pierce Brosnan's 2014 spy film ""November Man"". Beltrami co-composed the score for the 2015 ""Fantastic Four"" film with Philip Glass."
"Marco Beltrami Marco Edward Beltrami (born October 7, 1966) is an American film and television composer and conductor, best known for his work scoring horror films such as ""Scream"" (1996) and its sequels, ""Mimic"" (1997), ""The Faculty"" (1998), ""Resident Evil"" (2002), ""Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"" (2011) and ""The Woman in Black"" (2012). A long-time friend and collaborator of Wes Craven, Beltrami has scored seven of the director's films including all four films in the ""Scream"" franchise (1996–2011). Beltrami has been nominated for two Academy Awards for """" and ""The Hurt Locker"", and won a Satellite Award for Best"