Commanding Bigelow adds Oscar to her locker
After her film triumphed at the Academy Awards with six prizes and made her the first woman ever to win the directing Oscar, she graduated to diplomat with her deft handling of some uncomfortable personal questions from reporters after the show.
Bigelow’s rivals included a man from her past – ex-husband James Cameron, whose science-fiction epic Avatar also was nominated for the best picture and director awards that she won.
