Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director - The Hurt Locker)

The film had a fairly conventional straight forward narrative mixed with a gritty visual style that was lifted directly from the earleir Iraq film Three Kings by the inventive,quirky director David O. Russell. I thought it was a rock solid film, deserving of an Oscar nod if it were a year when there wasn't anything stellar put forward. I thought Jason Rietman's work on Up in the Air was more worthy this year though.

I guess she did a good job directing this movie. I did see Hurt Locker renting it. I am not a huge fan of war movies. but this one was pretty good. had me holding my breath when the lead actor was trying to defuse the bombs. it is nice to see a woman win for the first time.