Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow accepts the Oscar for best achievement in directing for "The Hurt Locker" at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.

Kathryn Bigelow with the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture at the Governors Ball following the the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.

Kathryn Bigelow accepts the Oscar for best achievement in directing for "The Hurt Locker" from presenter Barbra Streisand at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.

Director Kathryn Bigelow attends the 2009 New York Film Critic's Circle Awards on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 in New York. Bigelow was honored with the Best Director award for her film "The Hurt Locker," which also won Best Film. Bigelow could become the first woman to win the Best Director award at the Oscars for her film "The Hurt Locker."

Director Kathryn Bigelow poses with her award after winning Best Director for the movie "The Hurt Locker" in the media room at the British Academy Film Awards 2010 at The Royal Opera House in London, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010.

Director Kathryn Bigelow of "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" director James Cameron interact at the Art Director's Guild Awards. Bigelow and Cameron were married for less than three years before divorcing in 2001. They are both nominated for the Best Director award at the Academy Awards this year.

Kathryn Bigelow, an Academy Award nominee for Best Director for "The Hurt Locker," poses with cast member Jeremy Renner, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor for "The Hurt Locker," at the Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, Feb. 15, 2010.

"The Hurt Locker" is a film about an elite Army bomb squad unit coming together in a city where everyone is an enemy as they work in the midst of the chaos of the Iraq War. It is nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Kathryn Bigelow, director of the film "K-19: The Widowmaker," signs autographs with Liam Neeson, the film's star, at the premiere of the film in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2002. The film was about Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunction and the crew's race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

Kathryn Bigelow tears up at a news conference discussing her film "K-19: The Widowmaker." Many veterans of the Soviet K-19 nuclear submarine gave mixed reviews to the Hollywood film, saying it was inconsistent with what really occurred.

Director Kathryn Bigelow is nominated for two Academy Awards for her film "The Hurt Locker," including Best Director. If she wins she will be the first woman to win the Best Director award at the Oscars. She is up against her ex-husband, James Cameron, who directed "Avatar."