>> 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 ever to win the award. >> as we're getting towards oscar season where the big rival is james cameron's "avatar," her ex-husband has made the biggest movie of all time. there's this underdog quality that obviously the mill tone quality of bigelow up for best director that makes the movie kind of this unstoppable force. >> well, the time has come. kathryn bigelow. >> whoo. >> what's interesting is about her is she was very happy for