and it's interesting that at the same time, james cameron's ex-wife kathryn bigelow, directed a movieant them to know if they're going to leave a bomb on the side of the road, we're just going to blow up their [ bleep ] road. >> in making "the hurt locker" what kathryn bigelow did was essentially make a war film as a suspense thriller. you shifted the parameters of the war film. you don't get big battle sequences. it's one person going into the realm of danger. >> and boy. >> kathryn bigelow is just a master of building suspense. she is taking the violence apart to look at something deeper. what would drive these men to want to disarm bombs and how it becomes an addiction. >> this is suicide, man. >> that's what they call a suicide bomb, right? >> katherine knows exactly what she wants. she is incredibly inventive. intrepid. never reckless but always experimenting. she is a great, great film artist. >> now in our count down to the oscars, director kathryn bigelow has a chance to make hollywood history. she's just the fourth woman ever nominated for best director and she would be first

she is a great, great film artist. >> director kathryn bigelow has a chance to make hollywood historye time has come. >> kathryn bigelow. >> what's interesting is that she was happy for the recognition for to be happy for her peers. but she didn't want to poster woman in hollywood. not everyone wants to carry that mantle. she is a filmmaker, making films. >> jess accept files in the morning. if he doesn't work, y'all are going to lose this place. you got some place to go? >> i'll find him. >> i told you -- >> i'll find him. >> it is where i want to be working. i want to tell stories from everyday life. that's the place where one can do that. >> ed is your only brother. >> it's been going on 40 years. but i'm not going to go on ask. >> he gets the grand jury prize at sundance. and it got a lot of oscar nomination. >> the film had a really compelling presence at its center. played by jennifer lawrence. and this is the birth of an extraordinary career. >> i volunteer. i volunteer. i volunteer in tribute. >> i believe we have a volunteer. >> jennifer lawrence close from being a fresh face