Question: Who directed the film starring a Canadian actor,  comedian and produced  before he began doing comedies. 
Context: Poor No More is a 2010 documentary film directed by Canadian filmmakers Bert Deveaux and Suzanne Babin.  The executive producer is David Langille.  Hosted by Canadian actor and comedian Mary Walsh, the film is set at the height of the late 2000s recession and looks at solutions for Canada's working poor.  The film follows two working Canadians and Mary Walsh to Ireland and then to Sweden, where they take a closer look at how the Nordic Model has affected living standards for the Swedish. Cliff Bowes (November 11, 1894 – July 6, 1929), also known as Clifford Bowes, was an American silent film actor.  Born on November 14, 1894 in Pueblo, Colorado, Bowes began his film career with a small, un-credited role in the 1916 film short "His Lying Heart", starring Ford Sterling.  When the United States entered World War I, Bowes served as a navy pilot.  By the end of the decade he was starring in shorts, and during the 1920s he made over 100 of them.  In 1920, he would have the featured role of Waldo Pennanink in his only full-length film, "Up in Mary's Attic".  In 1923 he began starring in the Education Pictures film short series "Mermaid Comedies", which ran through 1925.  He is best remembered for another Education series, "Cameo Comedies", which co-starred Virginia Vance, which also began in 1923 and ran through 1929.  His final screen performance was in a supporting role in 1929's "Stage Struck Susie", starring Frances Lee.  At the age of 34, Bowes died on July 6, 1929, shortly after the release of "Stage Struck Susie", and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Eric House (November 22, 1921 - March 21, 2004) was a Canadian actor.  Although he appeared in film, television and stage roles throughout his career, he was most famously associated with stage roles at the Stratford Festival, particularly its productions of musical comedies by Gilbert and Sullivan, and as Dean Drone in "Sunshine Sketches", the first Canadian television drama series. Leslie William Nielsen, OC (11 February 192628 November 2010) was a Canadian actor, comedian, and producer.  He appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters. It's a Grand Life is a 1953 British comedy film starring Frank Randle and Diana Dors.  Music hall comedian Frank Randle who had previously starred in a film series of World War II army comedies ("Somewhere in England" (1940), "Somewhere in Camp" (1942), "Somewhere on Leave" (1942), "Somewhere in Civvies" (1943), "Somewhere in Politics" (1949)) stars as an accident-prone Private in his final film appearance.  The film also features the professional wrestler Jack Pye and the popular pianist Winifred Atwell.  The role of Pte Pendergast was played by Arthur White, who is the elder brother of the actor Sir David Jason. Project: Kill is a 1976 action film directed by William Girdler and starring Leslie Nielsen before he began doing comedies.  It is distributed by Troma Entertainment and Digiview Productions and was filmed in the Philippines in 1975. Ali Badshah (full name Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah) is a Canadian actor, writer, producer, director and comedian.  Badshah, an observational comedian whose work often draws on his experiences growing up in and around Toronto, has also written and performed for Video on Trial and was an associate producer for MuchMusic.  He has written and starred in five televised comedy specials for CBC, CTV, The Comedy Network, MTV and ABC2 Australia.  Badshah created, executive produced, wrote, and starred in CBC’s first web comedy series "Bloody Immigrants".  An alumnus of both The Second City and Yuk Yuk's, he was on the front page of the "Toronto Star" as one of the Top Ten People in the country – the only actor/comedian to ever appear on their list – and was featured on the Comedy Network's 'Nubian Disciples Special', with Russell Peters and Dave Chappelle, as part of the “next generation of great Canadian comics.” The Garage is a 1920 American short comedy film starring Buster Keaton and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.  It was directed by Arbuckle himself.  The film was also known as Fire Chief.  This was the fourteenth film starring the duo.  The film also stars Luke the Dog who starred in many other short comedies starring Keaton and Arbuckle. Paul Michael Gross, OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer, and writer born in Calgary, Alberta.  He is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the television series "Due South" as well as his 2008 war film "Passchendaele", which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in.  During "Due South"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s final season, Gross acted as executive producer in addition to starring, wrote the season three opener and finale, the two part series finale and wrote and sang songs for the show, some of which can be found on the two "Due South" soundtracks.  He later found success with another Canadian TV series, "Slings and Arrows".  He also produced one film with Akshay Kumar called Speedy Singhs starring Camilla Belle and Vinay Virmani. David Huynh (born February 5, 1983) is a Canadian actor.  Huynh won a Special Jury Prize Award at the 2007 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for Outstanding Newcomer and Best Emerging Actor for his performance in Juwan Chung's "Baby", which also won a Special Jury Award for Best Feature Length Film at that year's Festival.  Huynh has also Starred in Byron Q's film, "Bang Bang" (2011), which won a Special Jury Award for Best First Feature, Narrative, at the 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.  He also played Jonathan Chen in Byron Q's film, "Las Vegas Story" and Ty Do in Mark Tran's film "All About Dad".  He recently stars in a Web Series entitled "Hollywood Aliens" from Beyond Cinema Productions, directed by "Bang Bang" Director Byron Q and Kevin Boston.  He also appears as the protagonist "Fong" in a pilot entitled "Chinatown Squad" about 1890s San Francisco Chinatown, directed and produced by Stephane Gauger and written by and starring "Baby" co-star Feodor Chin, who plays the antagonist, "Pistol Pete."  He has also starred as Benson Fong in Timothy Tau's short film bio-pic Keye Luke, which premiered at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and which was Closing Night Film of the inaugural 2013 Seattle Asian American Film Festival.
Answer: William Girdler