Catherine Hardwicke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Catherine Hardwicke
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Oct 21, 1955(1955-10-21)
Age	69
Birthplace	Cameron
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Libra

Catherine Hardwicke Biography

Catherine Hardwicke is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on October 21, 1955 in Cameron, Texas, United States. American filmmaker who directed the first Twilight film and the Oscar- nominated Thirteen.

She directed Nikki Reed in both Thirteen and Twilight.

Helen Catherine Hardwicke (born October 21, 1955) is an American film director, production designer, and screenwriter. Her directorial work includes Thirteen (2003), which she co-wrote with Nikki Reed, the film’s co-star, Lords of Dogtown (2005), The Nativity Story (2006), Twilight (2008), Red Riding Hood (2011), Plush (2013), Miss You Already (2015), and Miss Bala (2019).

Feeling limited, Hardwicke moved to Los Angeles, where she studied at UCLA film school to explore her creative talents. Hardwicke made her first short film for her brother Jack who was marrying Nicolette Cullen. During this period in the 1980s, Hardwicke made an award-winning short, Puppy Does the Gumbo and was recognized with a Nissan Focus Award was featured in the Landmark Best of UCLA film program.

She grew up with one sister named Irene Hardwicke Olivieri.

Catherine Hardwicke Net Worth

Catherine Hardwicke is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Catherine Hardwicke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She earned a degree in architecture before pursuing a graduate degree in film.

Her most commercially successful film by 2008 was Twilight.

Hardwicke was born in Cameron, Texas on October 21, 1955, the daughter of Jamee Elberta (née Bennett) and John Benjamin Hardwicke. She has a brother, Jack, and a sister, Irene Hardwicke Olivieri, who became an artist. She grew up in McAllen on the U.S.–Mexico border, where her family owned and operated a farm along the Rio Grande, and was raised as a Presbyterian. She said the border area was wild: in high school, “her principal was stabbed three times. A friend’s father was shot in the back, and another friend was murdered. And yet life could be wonderful at the same time. ‘It was a Huck Finn life, too,’ she said.” Growing up in McAllen, Hardwicke describes it as “wild”. As a child she did not attend many movies and explains, “I didn’t go to many movies. Let’s be honest: It was a cultural wasteland. At the time, you could not go to a significant museum unless you drove three hours to Corpus Christi or four to San Antonio”. However, there were other ways to have fun such as sneaking over to the bars and nightclubs of Mexico before she was even a legal adult. Speaking on her early life Hardwicke says, “It was a wonderful childhood. I’m dying to make a movie about it”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Catherine Hardwicke Dating?

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Amid rumors of a rocky relationship with Hardwicke, in 2008 Summit Entertainment announced that she would not direct the Twilight sequel, New Moon. Hardwicke said it was her decision, although a blog reported she had been fired by Summit. She said, “I couldn’t even be fired, that’s what’s so funny,” she says. “In my contract, I had the first right of refusal.” She turned down the second film, she says, because the studio wanted to rush it out. “I do not regret it at all, thank the Lord,” she says. “The truth is I liked the first book the best.” Hardwicke went on to direct Red Riding Hood for Summit.

Facts & Trivia

Catherine Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Catherine Hardwicke celebrates birthday on October 21 of every year.

In 2012, Hardwicke helped create a public service announcement for the National Women’s History Museum. Hardwicke came up with the idea for the announcement and contributed to the script.

What movies did Catherine Hardwicke direct?

YearTitleRole(s)
2005| Lords of Dogtown| Director
2006| The Nativity Story| Director Executive producer
2008| Twilight| Director
2011| Red Riding Hood| Director Executive producer

Where is Catherine Hardwicke from?

Cameron, TX

Why did Twilight get a new director?

Hardwicke decided against directing the second Twilight film, because it would require too tight of a turnaround ; if she had said yes, she barely would have had a chance to breathe after postproduction and promotion for the first movie. (Twilight came out in November 2008; New Moon hit theaters just one year later.)

Why did all the Twilight movies have different directors?

She was originally given the job because of this fact, so once the franchise got popular and started making money, Hardwicke was left behind and replaced with white male directors moving forward , which was why she didn’t direct any more “Twilight” films.

Why was Twilight so low budget?

released in 2008, “Twilight,” which ranked 8th highest-grossing, had the smallest budget, while 8 out of 10 of the highest-grossing domestic films had budgets exceeding $100 million. The ultimatum to make “Twilight” with a limited budget was based on the idea that the film would have little commercial success.