Jake West (director)

Jake West
Born1972 (age 53–54)
United Kingdom
OccupationsDirector, producer, writer

Jake West is a British independent film director known for his work in horror cinema and for documentaries about filmmakers, actors and the history of British cinema.[1][2]

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'[3] by British comic book creator Dan Schaffer, who is known for Dogwitch and The Scribbler.[4] The movie was released in 2009.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Adrian (August 2014). "Zombies in Rubber: An Interview with Jake West" (PDF). Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Kermode, Jennie (20 September 2023). "When Hollywood met Manchester". Eye for Film. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Doghouse review Archived 6 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Time Out, June 2009
  4. ↑ "Jake West Takes on Multi-Genre 'Scribbler'". BloodyDisgusting.


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