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Kimberly Peirce

Birth Name:
Kimberly Peirce
Birth Place:
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Director, Writer, Producer
Kimberly Peirce

Fast Facts

  • Won a GLAAD Media Award for Best Limited Release for "Boys Don't Cry․"
  • Invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2008
  • Received a Hamilton Behind the Camera True-Grit Directing Award and the Andrew Sarris Directing Award for the film "Stop-Loss․"
  • Studied English and Japanese Literature at the University of Chicago, which led her to work as a photographer and English teacher in Japan for two years
  • Quote: "You talk to any director, it's tough․ It's tough to make movies that you love․"
  • Best known for directing the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry․"
  • Was considered as the director for the 2005 film "Memoirs of a Geisha․"

Awards

  • 1999FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
  • 1999Satyajit Ray AwardWinner
  • 1999BSFC Award - Best New Filmmaker:Winner
  • 1999Screen International AwardNominated
  • 1999Grand Prix Asturias - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 1999NBR Award - Outstanding Directorial Debut:Winner
  • 1999NYFCC Award - Best First Film:Nominated
  • 1999Audience Choice AwardWinner
  • 1999Best ScreenplayWinner
  • 1999Bronze HorseNominated
  • 1999FIPRESCI Prize - Competition:Winner
  • 1999Cinema of the Present - Lion of the YearNominated
  • 1999Rosebud - Best Film:Winner
  • 2000Chlotrudis Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2000Independent Spirit Award - Best First Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2000Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature - Over $500,000:Nominated
  • 2000Sierra Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Winner
  • 2000Sierra Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2000Festival Diploma - Best Full-Length Fiction Film:Winner
  • 2000OFTA Film Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
  • 2000OFTA Film Award - Best First Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2000Golden Satellite Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2000Audience AwardWinner
  • 2000Young Hollywood Award - Best Screenwriter:Winner
  • 2000Young Hollywood Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2001Robert - Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film):Nominated
  • 2008EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Director:Nominated
  • 2008Sydney Film Prize - Best Film:Nominated
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