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Catherine Hardwicke

Highest Rated: 100% Half the Picture (2018)

Lowest Rated: 0% Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)

Birthday: Oct 21, 1955

Birthplace: Cameron, Texas, USA

A prolific art director and production designer in the 1980s and 1990s, Catherine Hardwicke made an impressive leap to the director's chair with 2003's harrowing "Thirteen." Inspired by the turbulent life of an ex-boyfriend's teenage daughter, the indie drama about a young girl's descent into a dangerous lifestyle was widely praised by critics and audiences alike for its gritty honesty. Hardwicke followed this with "Lords of Dogtown" (2005), an unsentimental look at teen skateboarders in the early eighties. In 2008, she tackled the biggest project of her directorial career with "Twilight," a Gothic romance about a schoolgirl's budding relationship with a young, brooding vampire. Despite the fantastical nature of the subject matter, Hardwicke brought her trademark realism to the project; a combination that was the key to her status as one of Hollywood's most challenging and independent-minded directors.

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Catherine Hardwicke Catherine Hardwicke Catherine Hardwicke at arrivals for MISS BALA Premiere, Regal LA LIVE, Los Angeles, CA January 30, 2019. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Catherine Hardwicke at arrivals for The Premiere of THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF, WGA Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, November 25, 2008. Photo by: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Catherine Hardwicke at arrivals for The Premiere of THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF, WGA Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, November 25, 2008. Photo by: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Catherine Hardwicke at arrivals for Premiere TWILIGHT, Mann Village and Bruin Theaters, Los Angeles, CA, November 17, 2008. Photo by: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Catherine Hardwicke at arrivals for RED RIDING HOOD Premiere, Grauman''s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA March 7, 2011. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection THE NATIVITY STORY, director Catherine Hardwicke (front, left), Hiam Abbass, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary, Oscar Isaac as Joseph, on set, 2006. 2006. ©New Line Cinema THIRTEEN, Holly Hunter, director Catherine Hardwicke on the set, 2003, (c) Fox Searchlight RED RIDING HOOD, from left: Amanda Seyfried, director Catherine Hardwicke, on set, 2011. ph: Kimberly French/©Warner Bros. View more photos

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