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Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow was the first female to win an Ocar for Best Director, receiving the 2010 award for The Hurt Locker. This painter-turned-filmmaker also caught attention with high action movies such as Point Blank and Zero Dark Thirty. Read the life story of this master of intense thrillers in this title in the Great Filmmaker series.

Audience
childrens
Length
short · 80 pages

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