The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow - First Woman to win Oscar

82nd Annual Academy Awards- "The Hurt Locker" wins Best Picture Oscar

Tom Hanks presents the Best Picture Oscar for "The Hurt Locker" to Producers Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal and Greg Shapiro at the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony. Held at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® on Sunday, March 7, 2010.

Kathryn Bigelow made history at the Oscars today after becoming the first woman to win the Best Director award.



The film-maker also won the battle of the exes at the ceremony, with her Iraq War film The Hurt Locker also winning Best Film and a total of six awards compared with three for former husband James Cameron's 3D epic Avatar.

Bigelow's best director gong was greeted with loud cheers from the star-studded audience in Los Angeles.