Kimberly Peirce

Kimberly Peirce (born September 8, 1967) is an American movie maker and movie director. Her first movie was the Academy Award Winning Boys Don't Cry.

Peirce directed the remake of the 1976 horror movie Carrie in 2013.

Pierce was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Awards
 Second place, Canada International Film Festival – The Last Good Breath
 Golden Award, Experiment Division, Chicago International Film Festival – The Last Good Breath
 First place, Suffolk Film Festival
 Best Debut Director – National Board of Review
 Best New Filmmaker – Boston Society of Film Critics
 Young Hollywood Best Director and Best Screenwriter Awards
 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Sierra Award, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay
 Satyajit Ray Award, 1999
 London Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize
 Stockholm Film Festival, Best Screenplay and FIPRESCI Prize
 St. Louis International Film Festival, Audience Choice Award
 Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Award, Best Limited Release
 Lambda Legal Liberty Award
 Hamilton Behind-the-Camera Directing Award
 Andrew Sarris Directing Award

References

Category:People from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Category:Movie directors from Pennsylvania
Category:1967 births
Category:Living people