Catherine Hardwicke’s first film as a director was the critically-acclaimed Thirteen, which won numerous awards, including the Director’s Award at Sundance, Golden Globe nominations for Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood, and an Academy Award nomination for Holly Hunter. Hardwicke has since become best known as the director of Twilight, which launched the blockbuster franchise and earned nearly $400 million at the global box office. Hardwicke’s other credits include: Lords of Dogtown, Miss You Already, Red Riding Hood, and Miss Bala. She has directed episodes of This Is Us, Eye Witness, Low Winter Sun, and Hell on Wheels for television. She was a production designer on films directed by Richard Linklater, David O. Russell, Cameron Crowe, and Lisa Cholodenko. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from UT Austin and did graduate work in animation at UCLA Film School. Most recently, Hardwicke directed and exec. produced the 14-part Quibi series Don’t Look Deeper (starring Don Cheadle, Emily Mortimer, and newcomer Helena Howard), set “fifteen minutes in the future.”
