Kire Paputts is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is most noted for his feature films The Rainbow Kid, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, and The Last Porno Show, which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
He previously directed the short films Animal Control and Rainbow Connection, and the documentary films Only I Know, Paul the Dowser: Opening a Portal to the 5th Dimension, Coxwell & Gerrard and Gerrard Street East. 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, and producer of Michael Pierro's 2024 film Self Driver.
He is a graduate of the film studies program at Ryerson University.
References
- ^ "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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