Ti West
| Ti West | |
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 Ti West in September 2009 | |
| Born |
5 October 1980 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A. |
| Occupation |
Film director Writer Actor |
Ti West (born October 5, 1980) is an American film director, best known for his work in horror films.[1][2]
He has also acted in a number of films, mostly films directed by either himself or Joe Swanberg.[1]
Early life
West was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He was featured in a 2001 Fall issue of Teen People Magazine.[3] He attended The School of Visual Arts.
Career
His directorial work includes the 2001 short The Wicked, and feature films The Roost, Trigger Man, The House of the Devil,[4] The Innkeepers and The Sacrament. West disowned Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, citing massive studio interference and re-editing.
West appeared in 2004's The Woman Who Split Before Dinner as Old Man Conrad.
He wrote, produced and directed the web series Dead & Lonely in 2009[5] for IFC Films, the first series run ended in October 2009.[6]
West was set to direct The Haunting in Georgia, the sequel to The Haunting in Connecticut but in March 2010 left the project.[7]
In 2012 he worked with Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, David Bruckner, Joe Swanberg, Glenn McQuaid and the Radio Silence Productions hosts Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Chad Villella on the Anthology Horror film "V/H/S".[8]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes | ||||||
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| Director | Writer | Editor | Producer | Cinematographer | Actor | Role | |||
| 2001 | The Wicked | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NYIIFVF Short Film Award for Best Director - Student Film | ||
| 2005 | The Roost | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Professor | Also composer; Nominated - Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best with Less | ||
| 2007 | Trigger Man | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also composer | ||
| 2009 | Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever | Yes | Yes | Story credit | |||||
| The House of the Devil | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Favorite Teacher | Nominated - Best of Puchon Nominated - Gold Hugo for After Dark Competition | |||
| 2011 | The Innkeepers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fan's Choice Award for Scariest Film - Toronto After Dark Film Festival | |||
| Autoerotic | Yes | ||||||||
| You're Next | Yes | Tariq | |||||||
| Silver Bullets | Yes | Ben | |||||||
| 2012 | V/H/S | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Segment: "Second Honeymoon" | |||
| The ABCs of Death | Yes | Yes | Segment: "M is for Miscarriage" Nominated - Gold Hugo for After Dark Competition Shared with: Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Adrián García Bogliano, Bruno Forzani, Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Xavier Gens, Jorge Michel Grau, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Yûdai Yamaguchi | ||||||
| All the Light in the Sky | Yes | Director | |||||||
| 2013 | Drinking Buddies | Yes | Dave | ||||||
| The Sacrament | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Completed | ||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ti West". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Ti West Talks House of the Devil, Cabin Fever 2, and More!". Dread Central. January 25, 2010.
- ↑ Hunt, Kristin (2012-04-23). "Ti West’s Four Horror Movie Classics (and One That’s Way Overrated)". Maxim. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ↑ "The House of the Devil: Live Twitter Chat with Director Ti West".
- ↑ "IFC Explores Being Dead & Lonely in New Web Series".
- ↑ "Online Horror Goods: IFC's 'Dead & Lonely', Animated 'Dexter: Early Cuts'".
- ↑ "Ti West Talks Haunting in Georgia Exit".
- ↑ "V/H/S Teaser Art Sneaks Online".
External links
- Ti West at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Ti West in ion magazine
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