website birth_place othername yearsactive article_title birth_name occupation
http://www.louielawless.com penticton , british columbia , canada leo rivers , leo ryers 1970 -- present louie lawless
 louie edward lawless actor , producer , director , cinematographer
louie lawless

louie edward lawless is a canadian film actor , documentary director , and academy award-nominated producer .
born in british columbia , he traveled to california at the age of 18 and found work as an actor in hollywood .
he began to become involved in the production of films and worked for over two decades in film production before returning to canada in 1994 .
since then he has been involved with kevin annett in producing films that raise public awareness of the abuses of the canadian indian residential school system .
he was nominated for an academy award for best documentary feature in 1973 for his work on `` manson '' and he won the best director award for a documentary at the 2006 new york international independent film and video festival for his film `` unrepentant '' .
