Jake West

Jake West (born 1972) is a British film director, known mostly for his horror films and for a series of documentaries looking at film censorship and interviewing well-known directors, actors and industry figures.

For the American labor union leader, see Jake West (unionist).
Jake West
Born1972 (age 50–51)
United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Director, producer, writer

Biography

West's first feature film was Razor Blade Smile, released in 1998. His second film, released in 2005, was Evil Aliens, described as a 'British slapstick horror-comedy', in the tradition of films such as Braindead, House, and Evil Dead. It was the first full-length British horror film to be filmed using Sony HD cameras and contains over a hundred digital effect shots as well as many conventional gory special effects.

Following the success of Evil Aliens, West directed a made-for-TV sequel to the 1988 film Pumpkinhead. Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes was co-written by West with Barbara Werner. The film was shot in Romania for the American Sci Fi Channel.

His next film Doghouse was a horror-comedy starring Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke and Stephen Graham, whose 'magic ingredient' was a 'sly script'[1] by British comic book creator Dan Schaffer, who is known for Dogwitch and The Scribbler.[2] The movie was released in 2009.

Filmography

References
  1. Doghouse review, Time Out, June 2009
  2. "Jake West Takes on Multi-Genre 'Scribbler'". BloodyDisgusting.


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