Woman on Top

Hurt Locker helmer Kathryn Bigelow was the big winner at last night’s Directors Guild of America Awards, becoming the first woman ever to receive the DGA’s Best Director accolade.

Among the winners for the year that was were the directors of the feature documentary The Cove, and HBO’s Taking Chance, as well as directors of episodes of Mad Men and Modern Family.

With this win, and its victory at the Producers Guild of America Awards, The Hurt Locker is now the frontrunner at the Oscars...but anything but a sure thing. A few years ago Brokeback Mountain also went into the big party with similar kudos under its belt, but didn’t end up winning Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Photo: EW.com.