The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

2010 Candidates

Kathryn Bigelow

By TIME STAFFThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Age: 58
Occupation: Director
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

Bigelow's tense and gripping Iraq war film, The Hurt Locker, was 2009's little movie that could — and it did, racking up critical acclaim and honors and beating out Avatar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Bigelow also made history as the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director. With edgy, kinetic films like Point Break and Near Dark, she commanded a cult following; now she's everyone's director to watch.

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