with the MPAA, particularly the censoring of the sex scenes. Peirce was frustrated over the fact that the MPAA wanted the sex scene between Brandon and Lana removed but were satisfied with the overall brutality and violence in the murder scene. Raging Bull – 30th Anniversary Release, Special Features Chinatown – Centennial Collection DVD, Special Features The Godfather – The Coppola Restoration, Special Features, "The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't" Awards and honors Second place, Canada International Film Festival – The Last Good Breath Golden Award, Experiment Division, Chicago International Film Festival – The Last Good Breath First place, Suffolk Film Festival Best Debut Director – National Board of Review Best New Filmmaker – Boston Society of Film Critics Young Hollywood Best Director and Best Screenwriter Awards Las Vegas Film Critics Society Sierra Award, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Satyajit Ray Award, 1999 London Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize Stockholm Film Festival, Best Screenplay and FIPRESCI Prize St. Louis International Film Festival, Audience Choice Award Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Award, Best Limited Release Lambda Legal Liberty Award Hamilton Behind-the-Camera Directing Award Andrew Sarris Directing Award In 2019, Peirce's film Boys Don't Cry was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". See also List of female film and television directors List of lesbian filmmakers List of LGBT-related films directed by women References External links Unofficial Kimberly Peirce Fan Site Literature on Kimberly Peirce Kimberly's interview with The Young Turks 1967 births Artists from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Film directors from Pennsylvania Genderqueer people LGBT film directors American LGBT entertainers LGBT Jews LGBT people from Pennsylvania American LGBT screenwriters Living people Non-binary artists Non-binary directors University of Chicago alumni American non-binary writers