Kire Paputts is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

film director and screenwriter."Kire Paputts documents Gerrard Street East"
'' toronto.com'', August 20, 2013. He is most noted for his feature films ''

The Rainbow Kid ''The Rainbow Kid'' is a 2015 Canadian drama film directed by Kire Paputts. It was shown in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film, an expansion of Paputts' prior short film ''Rainbow Connection'', star ...

'', which premiered at the

2015 Toronto International Film Festival The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015. On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's '' Demolition'' starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Na ...

, 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 Colin Brunton (born 1955) is a Canadian producer and director. Brunton was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After creating the short films ''The Last Pogo'' (1978), '' A Trip Around Lake Ontario'' (1988) and '' The Mysterious Moon Men of Cana ...

of ''The Last Pogo Jumps Again'', the 2013 feature expansion of Brunton's 1978 short film ''

The Last Pogo ''The Last Pogo'' is a short film made by Colin Brunton in 1978. Shot in Toronto, at the Horseshoe Tavern, ''The Last Pogo'' concert on December 1 was billed as "the last punk rock concert" in Toronto—at least for that original wave of punkers ...

''. He is a graduate of the film studies program at

Ryerson University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in Tor ...

."East end filmmakers Kire Paputts and Colin Brunton continue telling the stories of Gerrard Street East"
'' toronto.com'', March 3, 2014.

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