Catherine Hardwicke

Birth Name:

Helen Catherine Hardwicke

Birth Place:

Cameron, Texas, United States

Profession

Director, Production designer, Producer, Writer, Art director, Assistant director, Actress

Won the Women in Film Dorothy Arzner Directors Award in 2009
Used her architecture degree to design a solar townhouse complex built around a man-made lake on a 20-acre site
A number of young actors reached teen idol status as a result of appearing in her films, including Evan Rachel Wood, Emile Hirsch, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner
Her films, which include "Twilight" and "Red Riding Hood" often have a dark story and tone
Broke the record for biggest opening weekend for a female director when "Twilight" was released
Offered swimming lessons to girls when she was in high school and taught herself how to surf as an adult
Wrote "Twilight: Director's Notebook: The Story of How We Made the Movie Based on the Novel by Stephanie Meyer," which was published in 2009

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