The Resume

(November 27, 1952- )
Directed 'The Loveless (1982),' 'Near Dark (1987),' 'New Order: Substance (1989),' 'Blue Steel (1990),' 'Point Break (1991),' 'Strange Days (1995),' 'The Weight of Water (2000),' 'K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)' and 'Hurt Locker'
Won the Academy Award for directing (2010)

Why she might be annoying:

She's an only child.
She's 5'11.
She divorced egomaniacal director James Cameron after 2 years.
She posed for a Gap ad.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her work deals with the traditionally masculine genres of action and science fiction.
She was a talented painter prior to entering film-making, earning a scholarship to the Whitney Museum's Indedependent Study Program (early 1970s).
She's anti-censorship.
She helmed several episodes of the cop drama 'Homicide.'
She became the first female to win the Oscar for directing (2010).

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2018 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 25)
• Amazon Women
• Artsy/Fartsy Directors
• BAFTA - Best Director Winners (Ranked: 2009)
• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 03]
• Beast's 50 Most Loathsome People in America [2012] (Ranked: 41)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 2009)
• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• Cougars - Women Who Stayed Hot Passed Their 42nd Birthday
• Critic's Choice's Best Director (Ranked: 2009)
• Director's Guild Award (Ranked: 2009)
• Film Threats' Frozen 50 [2002] (Ranked: 46)
• Gap Models
• Kathryn Bigelow Films
• Man's World
• My Middle Name is Ann/Anne
• National Board of Review Award for Best Director (Ranked: 2012)
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 2009)
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 2012)
• Profiles 17501-17750 (Ranked: 17503)
• The Onion's 20 People Who Mattered in 2010 (Ranked: 11)
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2010 [May 2010]
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2009] (Ranked: 45)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 158 Votes: 55.70% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2249 Votes: 80.17% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 280 Votes: 84.64% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 728 Votes: 88.32% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 459 Votes: 59.91% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 643 Votes: 61.28% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6313 Votes: 69.52% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 4665 Votes: 81.63% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 4034 Votes: 80.02% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 10203 Votes: 77.25% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 101 Votes: 39.60% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 40.62% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 496 Votes: 43.55% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 266 Votes: 40.60% Annoying