The MacGuffin · CC BY 3.0
Kimberly Peirce
American film director
b. 1967age 59Living
Directed Boys Don't Cry, her 1999 debut feature, a landmark drama that brought the murder of Brandon Teena to the screen with unusual seriousness for its time. She went on to direct Stop-Loss and Carrie, and serves as a governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.