{{Short description|Canadian film producer (1950–2018)}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Kevin Tierney | honorific_suffix = | image = Kevin Tierney.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Tierney in October 2008 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|08|27}} | birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|05|12|1950|08|27}} | death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | education = [[Sir George Williams University]], [[Concordia University]], [[McGill University]] | known_for = Film producer | notable_works = ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' | style = | movement = | spouse = Terry Smiley | awards = Genie Award for Best Motion Picture | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | module = | children = [[Jacob Tierney]] }} '''Kevin Tierney''' (August 27, 1950 &ndash; May 12, 2018) was a Canadian [[film producer]] from Montreal who co-wrote and produced the most successful Canadian film ranked by domestic box office at the time, ''[[Bon Cop, Bad Cop]]'', for which he earned a Golden Reel, the [[Genie Award for Best Motion Picture]] in 2007. He is a former vice-chair of the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television]] and former chair of the board of ''[[Cinémathèque québécoise]]''.<ref name=CP/><ref name=brownstein/>

==Movie career== With characters trading lines in both English and French, Tierney saw ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' as a normal Canadian plot line about a [[Sûreté du Québec]] cop teaming up with an [[Ontario Provincial Police]] investigator: "When I first heard the premise of this movie from [[Patrick Huard]] ... 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 ''[[French Immersion (film)|French Immersion]]''.<ref name=CP/><ref name=CBC/>

Tierney also produced other titles including ''[[Varian's War]]'', ''[[One Dead Indian]]'', ''[[Good Neighbours (film)|Good Neighbours]]'' and ''[[Twist (2003 film)|Twist]]''. In addition to the big screen, Tierney produced several television (mini)series, including ''Barnum'', ''Bonanno: The Story of a Godfather'', ''Armistead Maupin's [[Tales of the City (1993 miniseries)|Tales of the City]]'' and ''The Memoirs of Pierre Trudeau''.<ref name=Gazobit/><ref name=HRep/> He also executive produced the TV movie ''Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story''.

In addition to professional recognition, Tierney received a [[Sheila and Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Service Award]] in 2013 as a community leader.<ref name=Goldbloom/> At the [[7th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2019, he received a posthumous Board of Directors Tribute Award from the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television]].<ref>[https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/01/15/canadian-screen-awards-announce-special-honorees/ "Canadian Screen Awards announce special honorees"]. [[CKWX|News 1130 CKWX]], January 15, 2019.</ref>

==Personal life and death== Tierney was born in [[Montreal]] and raised in [[Park Extension]], and graduated from [[Sir George Williams University]] (BA in 1971), [[Concordia University]] (Diploma in Comms Studies, 1978) and [[McGill University]] (BEd, Education, 1974).<ref>[https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/vpaer/aar/2018/05/16/concordia-mourns-loss-of-kevin-tierney-graduate-and-bon-cop-bad-cop-producer.html Concordia mourns loss of Kevin Tierney, graduate and Bon Cop, Bad Cop producer]</ref><ref>[https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kevin-tierney The Canadian Encyclopedia - Kevin Tierney]</ref> He then taught [[English as a second or foreign language]] (ESL) in Chad and China. Tierney learned Standard French at age 24 while teaching in [[Algeria]].<ref name=CP/><ref name=st-laurent/>

He also taught English at [[John Abbott College]] in the late 1970s.<ref>[https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/vpaer/aar/2018/05/16/concordia-mourns-loss-of-kevin-tierney-graduate-and-bon-cop-bad-cop-producer.html Concordia mourns loss of Kevin Tierney, graduate and Bon Cop, Bad Cop producer]</ref> Tierney wrote an arts column in the ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' newspaper.<ref name=column/>

Tierney was married to Terry Smiley. He was the father of Canadian actor and director [[Jacob Tierney]] and Brigid, who is an actress.<ref name="gazette2010">{{Citation |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |title=There's no drama for the Tierneys |date=March 13, 2010 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20100313/283558036757101}}</ref> He produced Jacob's 2009 film ''[[The Trotsky]]''. In 2009 he used his award from the Canadian Film and Television Production Association’s Producer of the Year Award at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] to establish the Pat and Bill Tierney Scholarship at [[Concordia University]], naming it after his parents.<ref>[https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/concordia/aar/docs/magazine/Setting_an_example_Kevin_Tierney-Spring%202010.pdf Setting an Example: Kevin Tierney]</ref>

Tierney died, after a three-year battle with cancer, on May 12, 2018, surrounded by his family.<ref name=CP/><ref name=CBC/><ref>[https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/vpaer/aar/2018/05/16/concordia-mourns-loss-of-kevin-tierney-graduate-and-bon-cop-bad-cop-producer.html Concordia mourns loss of Kevin Tierney, graduate and Bon Cop, Bad Cop producer]</ref>

== References == {{Reflist | refs= <ref name=CBC>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/kevin-tierney-obituary-1.4660683|title=Kevin Tierney, producer of Bon Cop, Bad Cop, dead at 67|date=May 12, 2018|work=CBC News|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513003314/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/kevin-tierney-obituary-1.4660683|archive-date=May 13, 2018}}</ref> <ref name=CP>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/bon-cop-bad-cop-producer-kevin-tierney-dead-at-67|title='Bon Cop, Bad Cop' producer Kevin Tierney dead at 67|date=May 12, 2018|work=The Canadian Press|access-date=May 12, 2018}}</ref> <ref name=brownstein>{{Cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/brownstein-montreal-filmmaker-kevin-tierney-to-face-the-ultimate-fire|title=Brownstein: Montreal filmmaker Kevin Tierney to face the ultimate fire|last=Brownstein|first=Bill|date=April 23, 2018|work=Montreal Gazette|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513013453/http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/brownstein-montreal-filmmaker-kevin-tierney-to-face-the-ultimate-fire|archive-date=May 13, 2018}}</ref> <ref name=st-laurent>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1479115895|title=C'est la Vie April 16 & 18, 2010|work=CBC|access-date=May 12, 2018}}</ref> <ref name=Gazobit>{{Cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/montreal-filmmaker-and-gazette-columnist-kevin-tierney-passes-away|title=Montreal filmmaker and Gazette columnist Kevin Tierney dies at 67|last=Brownstein|first=Bill|date=May 12, 2018|work=Montreal Gazette|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513020408/http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/montreal-filmmaker-and-gazette-columnist-kevin-tierney-passes-away|archive-date=May 13, 2018}}</ref> <ref name=Goldbloom>{{Cite web|url=http://qcgn.ca/2013-goldbloom-awards/|title=2013 Goldbloom Awards|website=Quebec Community Groups Network|date=27 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513021044/http://qcgn.ca/2013-goldbloom-awards/|archive-date=May 13, 2018|access-date=May 12, 2018}}</ref> <ref name=column>{{Cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/editors-notebook-meet-new-arts-columnist-kevin-tierney|title=Editor's notebook: Meet new arts columnist Kevin Tierney|last=Chodan|first=Lucinda|date=September 16, 2016|work=Montreal Gazette|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513021905/http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/editors-notebook-meet-new-arts-columnist-kevin-tierney|archive-date=May 13, 2018}}</ref> <ref name=HRep>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadian-film-tv-producer-kevin-tierney-dies-at-67-1111443|title=Kevin Tierney, Canadian Film and TV Producer, Dies at 67|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=May 13, 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

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