Kire Paputts

{{short description|Canadian film director and screenwriter}}

Kire Paputts is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[https://www.toronto.com/news-story/4038871-kire-paputts-documents-gerrard-street-east/ "Kire Paputts documents Gerrard Street East"]. toronto.com, August 20, 2013. He is most noted for his feature films The Rainbow Kid, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/the-rainbow-kid-is-worth-every-bit-of-the-pot-of-gold-he-finds-himself-in-search-of "The Rainbow Kid is worth every bit of the pot of gold he finds himself in search of"]. National Post, May 6, 2016. and The Last Porno Show, which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/imogen-poots-castle-ground-ellen-page-racism-doc-join-tiff-1228146 "Toronto: Alex Wolff's 'Castle in the Ground,' Ellen Page Racism Documentary Join Lineup"]. The Hollywood Reporter, July 31, 2019.

He previously directed the short films Animal Control[https://torontoist.com/2010/09/toronto_film_collective_brings_taxidermy_to_tiff/ "Toronto Film Collective Brings Taxidermy to TIFF 2010"]. Torontoist, September 14, 2010. and Rainbow Connection,[https://www.toronto.com/news-story/4437316-east-end-filmmakers-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-to-bring-the-rainbow-kid-to-life/ "East-end filmmakers launch crowdfunding campaign to bring The Rainbow Kid to life"]. toronto.com, March 30, 2014. 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,Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/special-screenings/the-last-pogo-jumps-again/ "Seminal Toronto punk scene doc The Last Pogo turns 40"]. Now, November 27, 2018. and producer of Michael Pierro's 2024 film Self Driver.

He is a graduate of the film studies program at Ryerson University.[https://www.toronto.com/news-story/4391079-east-end-filmmakers-kire-paputts-and-colin-brunton-continue-telling-the-stories-of-gerrard-street-east/ "East end filmmakers Kire Paputts and Colin Brunton continue telling the stories of Gerrard Street East"]. toronto.com, March 3, 2014.