Jake West (born 1972) is a British

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

, 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.

Biography

West's first feature film was ''

Razor Blade Smile ''Razor Blade Smile'' is a 1998 British vampire film written and directed by Jake West. It stars Eileen Daly, Christopher Adamson, and Heidi James. Plot 150 years ago, Lilith Silver is mortally wounded as she attempts to avenge the dueling ...

'', 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 ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' was a horror-comedy starring

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and

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, whose 'magic ingredient' was a 'sly script' by British comic book creator

Dan Schaffer Dan Schaffer (born 3 February 1969) is a British writer/artist working primarily in comics and film. He is best known as the writer and illustrator of cult comic book series, ''Dogwitch''. He is also the co-creator/artist of ''Indigo Vertigo'', ...

, who is known for ''

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'' and '' The Scribbler''. The movie was released in 2009.

Filmography

*''Club Death'' (1994) *''

'' (1998) * ''Whacked'' (2002) *'' Evil Aliens'' (2005) *'' Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes'' (2006) *''

'' (2009) *'' Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape'' (2010) *''

The ABCs of Death ''The ABCs of Death'' is a 2012 American comedy horror anthology film produced by international producers and directed by filmmakers from around the world. The film contains 26 shorts, each by different directors spanning fifteen countries, incl ...

'' (2012) *''

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: Draconian Days'' (2014)

References

External links

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Jake West at the BFI
1972 births Living people English film directors {{UK-film-director-stub