Louis Alvarez

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 01/23/1955

City of birth : Durham, North Carolina, USA

Louis Alvarez began making documentaries while living in New Orleans in the 1970s. It was there he met his longtime producing partner Andrew Kolker and set out to make a series of films on Louisiana culture. The two producers moved to New York in 1985. Much of their work has been shown first on public television in the US.