Kevin Toolis

Kevin Toolis is a journalist and filmmaker.[1]

Kevin Toolis
Born
NationalityScottish
OccupationJournalist
Known forFilmmaker
Spouse(s)Dea Birkett
Children3

Early life

Toolis was born and raised in Edinburgh to parents who were from Achill, Mayo Ireland. He brought up his daughter Storme Toolis in London.[2]

Career

Toolis is a Filmmaker and Journalist who had written for the Guardian, New York Times, Daily Mirror. He won a BAFTA for his torture drama, "Complicit".[3] Toolis has written screenplays and founded the independent television company ManyRiversFilms.[4]

Bibliography

  • Rebel Hearts – Journey's Within The IRA's Soul in (1995)
  • My Father's Wake: How The Irish Teach Us To Live, Love And Die. (2017)

Movies

  • The Cult of the Suicide Bomber.

(2005)

  • The Cult of the Suicide Bomber 2. (2006)
  • Car Bomb. (2008)
  • Complicit.(2013)

References

  1. "My Father's Wake by Kevin Toolis: moving but unconvincing". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  2. "A Day in the Life: Kevin Toolis". www.mayonews.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. "Toolis wins BAFTA for torture drama". www.mayonews.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. Halliday, Josh (2010-11-04). "Investigative journalism 'dying a death'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
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