Kire Paputts
Kire Paputts is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] He is most noted for his feature films The Rainbow Kid, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] and The Last Porno Show, which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
He previously directed the short films Animal Control[4] and Rainbow Connection,[5] and the documentary films Only I Know, Paul the Dowser: Opening a Portal to the 5th Dimension, Coxwell & Gerrard and Gerrard Street East.[1] He was also co-director with Colin Brunton of The Last Pogo Jumps Again, the 2013 feature expansion of Brunton's 1978 short film The Last Pogo.[6]
He is a graduate of the film studies program at Ryerson University.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Kire Paputts documents Gerrard Street East". toronto.com, August 20, 2013.
- ^ "The Rainbow Kid is worth every bit of the pot of gold he finds himself in search of". National Post, May 6, 2016.
- ^ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Alex Wolff's 'Castle in the Ground,' Ellen Page Racism Documentary Join Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter, July 31, 2019.
- ^ "Toronto Film Collective Brings Taxidermy to TIFF 2010". Torontoist, September 14, 2010.
- ^ "East-end filmmakers launch crowdfunding campaign to bring The Rainbow Kid to life". toronto.com, March 30, 2014.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Seminal Toronto punk scene doc The Last Pogo turns 40". Now, November 27, 2018.
- ^ "East end filmmakers Kire Paputts and Colin Brunton continue telling the stories of Gerrard Street East". toronto.com, March 3, 2014.
External links
- Kire Paputts at IMDb
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