Kevin Tierney (August 27, 1950 – May 12, 2018) was a Canadian

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from Montreal who co-wrote and produced the most popular Canadian film of all time at the domestic box office, ''

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'', for which he earned a Golden Reel, the

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in 2007. He is a former vice-chair of the

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and former chair of the board of ''

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''. With characters trading lines in both English and French, Tierney saw ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' as a normal Canadian plot line about a

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cop teaming up with an

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investigator: "When I first heard the premise of this movie from

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... how the hell did we not already make this movie? It’s ridiculous." Tierney returned to the language theme in 2011 by directing the movie ''

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''. Tierney also produced other titles including '' Varian's War'', ''

One Dead Indian ''One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis'' is a book by Canadian investigative journalist Peter Edwards (born 1956) about the 1995 Ipperwash Crisis and the shooting death of aboriginal land claims protester Dudley Georg ...

'', '' Good Neighbours'' and ''

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''. In addition to the big screen, Tierney produced several television (mini)series, including ''Barnum'', ''Bonanno: The Story of a Godfather'', ''Armistead Maupin's

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'' and ''The Memoirs of Pierre Trudeau''. He also executive produced the TV movie ''Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story''. Tierney also wrote an arts column in the ''

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'' newspaper. In addition to professional recognition, Tierney received a Sheila and Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Service Award in 2013 as a community leader. At the

7th Canadian Screen Awards The 7th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018.

in 2019, he received a posthumous Board of Directors Tribute Award from the

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."Canadian Screen Awards announce special honorees"
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Personal life and death

Tierney was raised in Montreal, and graduated from

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and

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. He then taught

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(ESL) in Chad and China. Tierney learned Standard French at age 24 while teaching in

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. He is the father of Canadian actor and director

Jacob Tierney Jacob Daniel Tierney (born September 26, 1979) is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for playing Eric in ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (1990–1992) and as the co-writer, director, and executive producer of ...

. He produced Jacob's 2009 film ''

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''. Tierney died of cancer on May 12, 2018, surrounded by his family.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tierney, Kevin 1950 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Canadian film producers Canadian male screenwriters Canadian Screen Award winners Anglophone Quebec people Film directors from Montreal Writers from Montreal Quebec people of Irish descent Canadian television producers Deaths from cancer in Quebec Canadian Comedy Award winners