In the end, not only did The Hurt Locker win major categories such as best director and best picture, but it won six out of the nine categories it was nominated in.

In 2009, Kathryn Bigelow made cinematic history with her intense war drama “The Hurt Locker,” becoming the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director. Her groundbreaking ...

L.A. Confidential and The Hurt Locker. Pearce is nominated this year for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Brutalist, giving him an opportunity to win an Academy Award.

And realism won over fantasy. Kathryn Bigelow won the best directing Oscar for her gritty war drama The Hurt Locker. She broke into the all-boys club to become the first woman to win the award.

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The Hurt Locker would go on to receive nine Oscar nominations, including Best Actor for Renner, Best Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow. It would win six of those ...