Kimberly Peirce (born September 8, 1967), is an American film director, notable for her debut feature film, Boys Don't Cry (1999). Her second feature, Stop-Loss, has been released by Paramount Pictures on March 28, 2008 in the USA and in Canada.
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Peirce grew up in a trailer park. She graduated from Miami Sunset High School in Miami, Florida and attended the University of Chicago, earning a degree in English and Ja...
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Kimberly Peirce (born September 8, 1967), is an American film director, notable for her debut feature film, Boys Don't Cry (1999). Her second feature, Stop-Loss, has been released by Paramount Pictures on March 28, 2008 in the USA and in Canada.
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Peirce grew up in a trailer park. She graduated from Miami Sunset High School in Miami, Florida and attended the University of Chicago, earning a degree in English and Japanese Literature. She moved for several years to Kobe, Japan, working as a photographer and model. Upon returning to America, she enrolled at Columbia University, earning an MFA in film. Initially, Peirce pursued a story about a female soldier in drag during the American Civil War for her thesis, but eventually nixed the plan due to a lack of personal connection with the story.
While attending Columbia, Peirce read a Village Voice article about Brandon Teena, a transman raped and murdered in Falls City, Nebraska. Switching from her original...
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