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Breaking – “The Moment of a Lifetime” – First Ever Woman to Win Oscar for Directing

Posted by: Lez Get Real on March 8, 2010.

By Melanie Nathan. 3/7/10. In Hollywood, female film directors are still the exception, said the LA Times, and tonight Kathryn Bigelow the ex wife and co-nominee of Avatar’s James Cameron, won the Oscar for the coveted best Director.

Bigelow-, “The moment of a Lifetime” - is now the first woman to win an Oscar for directing, for ‘The Hurt Locker.’ What an amazing achievement. Maybe we should make her our honorary lesbian of the Month. But then there is Sandra Bullock who was the only winner to mention the notion of equality, when referring to sexual orientation in a positive light in her acceptance speech for best female actor. Oh and not to mention the fact that she considers Meryl Streep a great kisser and her (okay she was just kidding) ‘lover”. Did I hear right? Well bottom line – she is an approver!

From LGR we say YOU ROCK our world GIRL!

Bigelow and her ex-husband collaborated on a film, the commercial mega-flop “Strange Days,” four years after their 1991 divorce. She even asked him to peruse the script of “The Hurt Locker” before committing to the low budget amount of $11 million for the project. Cameron’s Avatar was a whopping $230 million spending fest. Apparently he ” told her to immediately drop what she working on and go for it. ” Will Cameron, the usually severely ego-driven director twist this advice to his credit now that the “The Hurt Locker” beats out Avatar. James don’t do that, please! She did it on her own.