Facts:     - birth date: 28 october 1970    - |imagesize: 150px    - birth place: jaffna , sri lanka    - occupation: filmmaker   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ravi vetrivel .
ravi vetrivel -lrb- tamil : ரவி வெற்றிவேல் -rrb- -lrb- born 28 october 1970 in jaffna , sri lanka -rrb- is a film director , screenwriter , cinematographer and editor .directed landmark films such as sathi -lrb- 2007 -rrb- and appaa -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .both are feature films produced in toronto , canada .ravi moved to canada in 1992 from sri lanka because of the civil war .