Kimberly Peirce, director of Boys Don’t Cry and the recently released Stop-Loss is set to get the Andrew Sarris Award at Columbia University:
The nod, named for critic and film professor Andrew Sarris, honors service and artistic achievement of Columbia U. alums. Sarris award recipients are selected by the school’s film students.
Peirce said she’s happy to receive the kudo from “students who are in the same position I was in just a few years ago.”
Peirce graduated from Columbia U. School of the Arts’ film division in 1996. [Variety]
In the spirit of awesome women filmmakers, 
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