Apostolos Peter Kouroumalis

After many tumultuous times in film school during which I was curb stomped and an ex-girlfriend ended up raped and murdered,
I made Lil' Star Duster, which received some accolades from transgression artists out of NYC, and a prize through FILM CORE.

After that, I managed to shoot my next film:Monolethea, and funding for post came through the BC ARTS COUNCIL and CINEWORKS.
I then worked in BC for a number of years in various positions, but got caught up in the party scene and separated from my wife. Now divorced, I continued to make art films and the like while working on various larger projects, of course as luck would have it my band mate (Bethy) died mysteriously in her sleep, and my colleague of many years (Tashanna) -committed suicide.
I do still win accolades for animated films and make music, write and paint, but I seldom have any sort of budget that anyone would allow anyone to notice what I am doing. Although I do not mind the anonymity, paying rent and filling the fridge can be a challenge.

All of this is well documented my book ALL PURPOSE which took over ten years to write.

Works under the pen name TOLY A.K. Graduated in 1996 from the film animation department and has worked on and off
in the film industry. This low brow artist, the movement founded by Robert Williams and Coop, the art often borders on the
extreme but always has regard for showing the way things are in a given moment in time although often taken as fantasy, and
borrows from comic book art exposing as far away as Zurich(Artbox) 2019& Barecelona 2021. Toly A.K. has had some success in
showing in Cannes short film corner with a film called “Ascention” and his book "All Purpose" is currently being marketed
through Writers Branding. You can find his experimental films at the Cinematheque Quebecois, distributed through the CFMDC,
and Dark side Releasing. His books at the Bibliotheque Nationale archives.

never ceases to amaze me.

Good enough for the girls I date who are few and far between.