My Take
Ti West is one of those filmmakers who makes me genuinely excited about genre cinema again. Coming out of Wilmington, Delaware — not exactly a Hollywood pipeline — he carved out a reputation as a slow-burn horror auteur who actually trusts his audience to sit with dread. The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers showed real mastery of atmosphere and patience, and then his X trilogy proved he wasn't just a nostalgia act — he's a working craftsman who writes, directs, edits, and produces his own stuff. Winning Best Director at the Sitges Film Festival in 2022 felt like the genre world officially catching up to what horror fans already knew. The fact that he also acts, mostly in his own films or his collaborator Joe Swanberg's work, gives everything a scrappy, personal feel I really respect.
Overview
Timon C. West (born October 5, 1980) is an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his work in horror films. He directed the horror films The Roost (2005), Trigger Man (2007), The House of the Devil (2009), The Innkeepers (2011), the Western In a Valley of Violence (2016) as well as the X trilogy. He has also acted in a number of films, mostly in those directed by either himself or Joe Swanberg.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ti West
- Name (Japanese)
- タイ・ウェスト
- Reading
- たい・うぇすと
- Born
- October 5, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Monkey
- Origin
- Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / actor / screenwriter / film editor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2022 Sitges Film Festival Best Director award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.