Ti West

Director
Writer
Editor

Luke and Kate are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect for each other, except that they're both in relationships. Luke is in the midst of marriage talks with his girlfriend of six years, Kate is playing it cool with her music producer boyfriend Chris. But you know what makes the line between "friends" and "more than friends" really blurry? Beer.

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Drinking Buddies (2013)

Ti West is most notable for directing horror films, as well as being an actor, writer, producer, and editor. Ti broke out, after directing various projects, in 2009, when he directed two feature films - 2009's The House Of The Devil and Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever. Ti later directed, with his production company Glass Eye Pix, the widely popular 2011 horror film The Innkeepers, which starred actors Sara Paxton, Pat Healy and Kelly McGillis. Ti also starred as "Tariq" in Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett's horror film, You're Next (2011). More recently he has been a director for MTV's Scream and Fox's The Exorcist. His acting roles include him portraying "Dave" in Joe Swanberg's rom-com, Drinking Buddies (2013) and a cameo as "Favorite Teacher" in The House Of The Devil.

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Awards
- 8 wins & 29 nominations

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Ti West and Kate Lyn Sheil in Silver Bullets (2011)

Barbara Crampton, Wendy Glenn, Rob Moran, Margaret Laney, AJ Bowen, Ti West, Amy Seimetz, Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, Nicholas Tucci, and Sophia Takal in You're Next (2011)

John Travolta and Ti West in In a Valley of Violence (2016)

Ethan Hawke, Ti West, and Jumpy in In a Valley of Violence (2016)

Ethan Hawke, Nick Cristopolus, AJ Bowen, Simon Barrett, Ti West, Taissa Farmiga, and Juan Gaspard in In a Valley of Violence (2016)

Ethan Hawke, Ti West, and Taissa Farmiga in In a Valley of Violence (2016)

Ti West in The House of the Devil (2009)

Ti West, Jacob Jaffke, and Mia Goth at an event for Pearl (2022)

Ethan Hawke, Jason Blum, and Ti West at an event for In a Valley of Violence (2016)

Ethan Hawke and Ti West at an event for In a Valley of Violence (2016)

Known for

Pearl

7.0

Director(directed by)

2022

6.5

Director(directed by)

2022

The Innkeepers

5.5

Director

2011

The House of the Devil

6.3

Director

2009

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Director

Them
7.5
TV Series
- Director
- 2021–2024
Justin Timberlake: No Angels
7.1
Music Video
- Director
- 2024
Pearl
7.0
- Director (directed by)
- 2022
X
6.5
- Director (directed by)
- 2022
Tales from the Loop
7.4
TV Series
- Director
- 2020
Soundtrack
6.8
TV Series
- Director
- 2019
The Resident
7.8
TV Series
- Director
- 2019
Chambers
6.4
TV Series
- Director (directed by)
- 2019
The Passage
7.2
TV Series
- Director
- 2019
The Exorcist
7.9
TV Series
- Director
- 2017
Outcast
7.3
TV Series
- Director
- 2017
Wayward Pines
7.3
TV Series
- Director
- 2016
In a Valley of Violence
6.1
- Director
- 2016
South of Hell
5.2
TV Series
- Director
- 2015
Scream: The TV Series
7.0
TV Series
- Director
- 2015

Writer

Pearl
7.0
- based on characters created by
- written by
- 2022
X
6.5
- written by
- 2022
In a Valley of Violence
6.1
- written by
- 2016
The Sacrament
6.1
- written by
- 2013
The ABCs of Death
4.7
- written by (segment M is for Miscarriage)
- 2012
V/H/S
5.8
- written by (segment Second Honeymoon)
- 2012
The Innkeepers
5.5
- writer
- 2011
Dead and Lonely
4.7
TV Mini Series
- Writer
- 2009
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
4.3
- story
- 2009
The House of the Devil
6.3
- written by
- 2009
Trigger Man
4.5
- Writer
- 2007
The Roost
4.8
- written by
- 2005
Prey
4.7
Short
- Writer
- 2001
The Wicked
3.7
Short
- Writer
- 2001

Editor

Trivia
After extensive re-editing and re-shooting of Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009) by the producers of the film, West requested to have his name removed from the film and replaced with the popular pseudonym Alan Smithee. Since he was not a member of the DGA his request was denied by the producers and he remains credited as the film's director. West has since disowned the final product claiming that it is more a product of the producers and executives than that of his own. It is unknown if there will ever be a "directors cut" released featuring West's original vision.

Quotes
[on shooting on film vs. digital] I definitely prefer film, and always will... If I watch a movie on film, I can watch the worst print with scratches, dirt, hairs and shit everywhere and it doesn't bother me at all. But on video, if I see a pixel pop up, I want to die. There's an organic, realistic life to film that you cannot get on DV. Not yet, anyway.