#Kimberly Peirce
Kimberly Peirce to Receive Artemis Film Fest’s Unsung Heroine Award
The Artemis Women in Action Film Festival is set to honor Kimberly Peirce. The “Boys Don’t Cry” director will be presented with the Artemis Action Unsung Heroine Award at the...
Stephany Folsom to Pen Michelle Williams Abortion Drama “This Is Jane”
Another woman has joined “This Is Jane’s” creative team. According to Variety, “Toy Story 4” and Black List writer Stephany Folsom will pen the feature, about a pre-Roe...
Michelle Williams Takes the Lead in Kimberly Peirce Abortion Drama “This Is Jane”
Michelle Williams is earning raves for her comedic turn as Amy Schumer’s boss in “I Feel Pretty,” but the four-time Oscar nominee just signed on to another drama. She’s...
Watch: Film Experts Explain Movie Jail for Women Directors in ‘The 4%: Film’s Gender Problem’
A new clip has been released from Caroline Suh’s EPIX docu-series “The 4%: Film’s Gender Problem.” The video features film experts, executives, directors, producers and behind-the-scenes crew...
Women Push For Seats On the Academy Board In Record-Breaking Numbers: DuVernay, Cholodenko & More
Oscar voters are predominantly old white men. This year’s very white and male-dominated Oscars were an ugly reminder of the Academy’s lopsided constituency. This year, women in Hollywood are...
Watch: Kimberly Peirce Encourages the Next Generation of AFI Women Directors
As the keynote speaker at the 2014 AFI Directing Worshop for Women Showcase, Kimberly Peirce was upfront about the difficult road that her listeners had ahead of them while congratulating them for...
AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women Turns Forty; Kimberly Peirce to Deliver Keynote
When the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) was launched forty years ago, women made up less than 10% of Hollywood’s directing ranks. Sadly, the numbers have not...
“It Reaches the Level of Myth” — An Interview with Kimberly Peirce — Director of Carrie
Kimberly Peirce is taking a stab at reimagining one of the most iconic horror classics, Carrie, which arguably stars one of the best horror heroines in the genre. Hitting theaters on Friday,...
October Film Preview
We’ve come off an impactful September for women in film with Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Wadjda breaking boundaries for women directors in Saudi Arabia and being the country’s first Oscar entry;...
Kimberly Peirce: “How Many More Movies Could I Have Made?”
Yesterday, the NY Times Magazine featured a profile of director Kimberly Peirce as she readies the release of the remake of Carrie starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore. This is a highly...
Trailer Watch: Second Trailer for Kimberly Peirce’s Carrie
The second trailer for Kimberly Peirce’s upcoming remake of the horror classic, Carrie, gives a larger glimpse at how Peirce will interpret the classic scenes from the original. Based on...
Fall 2013 Preview – The Women
Entertainment Weekly released its annual Fall Preview issue and so we thought it was time to do an overview of the women directed and women centric movies coming out over the next several months....
Kimberly Peirce’s Carrie and Diablo Cody’s Paradise Go Head to Head on October 18th
It’s not like we get that many women directed films so it is always baffling films — especially such high profile films like Kimberly Peirce’s remake of Carrie and Oscar winner...
Watch This: Full Trailer for Kimberly Peirce’s Carrie
After months of teaser trailers, the full trailer for Kimberly Peirce’s Carrie is here. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz as the iconic title character, Peirce’s reinvisioning of the film is...
Rise of the Underdog: Kimberly Peirce and the Connection Between Carrie and Boys Don’t Cry
This month’s issue of The Advocate features an incredible interview, with Kimberly Peirce, talking at length about her upcoming remake of Carrie and its surprising linkage to Peirce’s...
Trailer Watch: Carrie — Directed by Kimberly Peirce, Starring Chloe Grace Moretz
It’s a little hard not to be wary of a Carrie remake. The iconic 1976 film starring Sissy Spacek and a terrifying Piper Laurie is one of my favorite horror movies. But bring in acclaimed director...
Do You Think There is a Glass Ceiling for Women Directors?
Apparently Columbia University’s film school doesn’t think so. They are holding a panel at their 25th anniversary film festival on May 9 entitled: What Glass Ceiling? The Remarkable Success of...