She was, however, notably absent from this year's Academy Award best directing nominations.
Two Steven Soderbergh films also received 10 nominations -- five each for "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic," including best actress for Julia Roberts ("Erin") and dual directing nominations for Mr. Soderbergh.
But he missed out on directing nominations for both films and for an acting slot in Gran Torino, in which he starred.
Instead, the directing nominations went to Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist"; Alexander Payne for "The Descendants"; Woody Allen for "Midnight in Paris"; and Martin Scorsese for "Hugo," along with Terrence Malick for "The Tree of Life".
For some that's made the snubs that Ava DuVernay's Martin Luther King biopic Selma received (it's been nominated for best picture and best song, but there's no acting or directing nominations) even more galling.
A less conspiratorial line of thought holds that Ms. Bigelow and Mr. Hooper, having won directing Oscars recently — she for "The Hurt Locker," he for "The King's Speech" — were politely set aside by the Academy's directors branch, which decides the directing nominations.
This episode received writing and directing nominations for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Oscar directing nominations instead went to upstart Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild") and Austrian Michael Haneke ("Amour"), as well as favorites Ang Lee ("Life of Pi"), Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln and David O. Russellll ("Silver Linings Playbook").
By midmorning, the surprise was starting to turn into some long stares in the direction of Benh Zeitlin, who received an unexpected directing nomination for "Beasts of the Southern Wild," his first feature.
Mr. Spielberg's directing nomination was his seventh, while Daniel Day-Lewis received his fifth best actor nomination, this time for his portrayal of Lincoln.
