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Film News: Director leads team through the minefield — Ask Kathryn Bigelow about the obstacles facing the production of “The Hurt Locker,” and she cuts right to logistics. “The biggest challenge was getting all the material we needed on an extremely tight budget: To shoot the script with multiple locations and intricate choreography, it took a million feet of film,” says the director.

Film News: ‘Mad Men’s’ Glatter takes top TV prize — Kathryn Bigelow has won the Directors Guild of America award for directing “The Hurt Locker,” becoming the first woman to do so in the 62 years of the DGA awards.

Film News: Bigelow maps scenes as taut, suspenseful — Among action helmers, “The Hurt Locker’s” Kathryn Bigelow is something of a throwback.

Film News: Bigelow’s war film wins best pic, director, actor — Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” has won for best pic, director, actor.

Film News: Org also names Clooney, Streep as 2009′s top actors — Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” took home honors for best pic and director from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle.

Film News: Bigelow’s war pic wins all of its nominations — Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War actioner swept the Chicago Film Critics’ Assn. awards.

Film News: Director Bigelow among pic’s prizes — “The Hurt Locker” added three more prizes to its war chest Saturday when the Houston Film Critics Society saluted helmer Kathryn Bigelow’s intense drama.