Louis S.K. is an American director, producer, screenwriter and comedian. Louis Siqueily was born on September 12, 1967 in Washington, D.C., to an economist and software engineer. Immediately after the birth of the boy, his family moved to Mexico City, where the first seven years of the future director’s life were spent. Immediately after returning to Washington, the boy told his parents that he wanted to perform on the big stage and write screenplays for films. Three years later, the boy’s parents
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Louis S.K. is an American director, producer, screenwriter and comedian.
Louis Siqueily was born on September 12, 1967 in Washington, D.C., to an economist and software engineer. Immediately after the birth of the boy, his family moved to Mexico City, where the first seven years of the future director’s life were spent. Immediately after returning to Washington, the boy told his parents that he wanted to perform on the big stage and write screenplays for films. Three years later, the boy’s parents divorced.
After graduating from high school, Louis began working as an auto mechanic in one and Boston auto repair shops, washing pools and working in a restaurant.
The first performance of the comedian took place at the Boston club Stitches, where everyone was given five minutes of time. The debut of the guy failed miserably, but this did not stop Louis, and since 1984 he began to earn a living by comic performances in the genre of stand-up.
He also wrote stand-up scripts for HBO and appeared in many popular TV shows such as The Dana Carvey Show, The Chris Rock Show, HBO Comedy Half-Hour, Comedy Central Presents and One Night Stand.
In 2008, Louis C.K., along with Paul Rudd, wrote the screenplay for the comedy Adult Surprise. The director of the film performed David Wayne Starring Sean William Scott and Elizabeth Banks. The budget of the film was twenty-eight million dollars, and the box office exceeded the amount of ninety million.
In 2009, the successful comedian and screenwriter starred as Greg Kleinschmidt in the fantastic comedy The Invention of Lies with Ricky Gervais. Jennifer Garner starring. The film was highly appreciated by critics and audiences, and in a few weeks at the box office the picture earned more than thirty million dollars.
In 2010, the FX channel began broadcasting the author’s project of Luis, in which he is simultaneously a producer, screenwriter, editor and main character. The series is the winner of such awards as AFI Awards, Sputnik and the Association of Television Critics Award. Also, the television series “Louis” is the winner of the “Emmy” award in the nomination “Best Screenplay”.
Currently, Louis S.K. continues shooting the television series “Louis” and touring America.
