Examiner is reporting that Reuters – “Twilight” and it’s director Catherine Hardwicke gained her and the film a place in the Guiness Book of World Records for “Highest-Grossing Movie By A Female Director.”
She’s the recent recipient of the Dorothy Arzner Directors Award at the Women in Film Crystal Lucy Awards. She’s been said to have “prove[n] that woman can muscle in on the blockbuster market too.” She’s been slated to direct films like Hamlet, If I Stay, The Girl with the Red Riding Hood, and Maximum Ride. Her name is Catherine Hardwicke, and she was the director of Twilight.
Her work on Twilight has, according to Reuters, gained her and the film a place in the Guiness Book of World Records for “Highest-Grossing Movie By A Female Director.”
Q: “Twilight” cost $37 million and made nearly $382 million worldwide. Do you feel pressure to top yourself?
We talked about the first “chemistry screen test†between Kristen and Rob. Kristen had to act out a scene with five different potential Edwards, one after another, with Catherine deciding that Robert was “the one†the first time the two kissed — which, as all Twilighters know, happened in Catherine’s bedroom.
Hardwicke, who most recently directed the hit “Twilight,” will be recognized with the Dorothy Arzner Directors Award. Her films also include “thirteen,” “The Nativity Story” and “Lords of Dogtown.” Hardwicke recently signed on to direct the film adaptation of the young-adult novel “If I Stay” for Summit as well as the adaptation of James Patterson’s “Maximum Ride” for Columbia.
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