VIDEO: Kathryn Bigelow's Extended Interview on THE COLBERT REPORT

Related: THE COLBERT REPORT, ZERO DARK THIRTY

On last night's episode of THE COLBERT REPORT, Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelowstopped by to talk about her latest film, ZERO DARK THIRTY. In the extended interview, Bigelow defends the firsthand accounts which informed her film and its portrayal of enhanced interrogation tactics. Check out the extended interview below!

The film follows the decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden, depicts American government officials commiting acts of torture, and was recently nominated for five Academy Awards, including 'Best Picture' and its starJessica Chastain for 'Best Actress.'

Directed and co-produced by Bigelow with a screenplay by Mark Boal, both associated with The Hurt Locker, also features Chris Pratt, James Gandolfini, Joel Edgerton, EdgaR Ramirez, and Mark Strong.

Zero Dark Thirty is now in theaters everywhere.

Stephen Colbert is the host, writer and executive producer of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series "The Colbert Report" onComedy Central as well as an accomplished author and actor. Recently, Colbert starred as Harry in theNew York Philharmonic presentation of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" along with Jon Cryer, Neil Patrick Harris, Christina Hendricks, Patti LuPone and Martha Plimpton, among others. The performances were held at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City from April 7-9, 2011.

"The Colbert Report" launched on October 17, 2005 and has garnered ratings and critical success as one of the top shows on television. Since its inception, the series has received a prestigious Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting in 2008 and 18 Primetime Emmy nominations. In 2010, Colbert and his writing team won the show's second Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program.

Colbert has literally made a name for himself with "The Colbert Report." The Following have all been named in honor of the host: Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle, the mascot for the minor league hockey team Saginaw Spirit; Stephen Jr., a bald eagle at the San Francisco Zoo; Stephanie Colbertle the Turtle, a leatherback turtle in the first Great Turtle Race; Aptostichus Stephencolberti, a trapdoor spider; Air Colbert, a Virgin America jet; AmericOne Dream, a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor; Esteban Colbert, a very virile falcon in San Jose; Stelephant Colbert, an elephant seal tagged as part of a study by University of California Santa Cruz; Agaporomorphus Colberti, a diving beetle from Venezuela; and a NASA treadmill called The Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (C.O.L.B.E.R.T.).