Catherine Hardwicke

Hardwicke’s first film as a director (and co-writer) was the critically-acclaimed coming-of-age Thirteen, which won numerous awards in global film festivals, including the Director’s Award at Sundance, Golden Globe nominations for Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood, and an Academy Award nomination for Hunter. Hardwicke has since then 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 (Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch), Miss You Already (Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette), Red Riding Hood (Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman), Miss Bala (Gina Rodriguez) and The Nativity Story (Oscar Isaac). For television, she has directed episodes of This Is Us, Eye Witness, Low Winter Sun, Hell on Wheels, Reckless and the 14 part Quibi series Don’t Look Deeper (Don Cheadle, Emily Mortimer). 

Hardwicke previously worked as a Production Designer on films including Vanilla Sky, Three Kings, Tank Girl, and the classic western Tombstone. She holds an Architecture degree from UT Austin and did graduate work in animation at UCLA Film School. 

In 2022, Catherine Hardwicke attended:

• Gala Dinner

• Filmmakers Parade

• Forum: Fixing it in Prep with Catherine Hardwicke
  Friday, 1:00 PM - 821 Washington

• Forum: The Film That Blew My Mind Podcast with Catherine Hardwicke
  Saturday, 10:00 AM - Pope Marine Bldg

Catherine Hardwicke. Photo by Gilles Bensimon.