Thompson on Hollywood: Ever Wondered What Happened to Kimberly Peirce? Read the NYT Profile on the Director's Return with 'Carrie'

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Ever Wondered What Happened to Kimberly Peirce? Read the NYT Profile on the Director's Return with 'Carrie' Sep 26th 2013, 23:30, by Anne Thompson After Fox Searchlight released the Brandon Teena saga "Boys Don't Cry" in 1999, it made the career of eventual Oscar-winner Hilary Swank. And the film should have done the same for director Kimberly Peirce, who sweated bullets to get that first feature made---and has continued to do so until now. This is a recurring pattern with gifted women directors, especially those with a strong personal voice. As recounted in The New York Times Magazine by editor-writer Mary Kaye Schilling, Peirce's story underscores the tragedy of many such lost careers. According to Schilling, Peirce is back with MGM's new movie adaptation of Stephen King's "Carrie" (October 18), made in consultation with the first film's director, Brian De Palma, and starring an actual 16-year-old, Chloe Grace Moretz, in the title role and Julianne Moore as her Bible-thumping mother. After "Boys Don't Cry," it took Peirce nine years to complete another feature film, as she turned down studio pictures such as... Media files: kimberly-peirce.jpg (image/jpeg)

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