---
name: "Ti West"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ti-west"
fi1m_id: "ti-west"
imdb_id: "nm1488800"
tmdb_id: 101542
wikidata_id: "Q3527989"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "5 October 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-22T04:26:36.334611+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ti West

## Identity

Ti West

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ti-west
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ti-west
- **IMDb ID:** nm1488800
- **TMDB ID:** 101542
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3527989
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti_West, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3527989, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101542

Director and writer. Born 5 October 1980 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 5 October 1980, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** 티 웨스트, Тай Уест, Timon C. West, Ti C. West, Timon West
- **Frequently works with:** [Jacob Jaffke](https://film.one/person/jacob-jaffke.md), [Kevin Turen](https://film.one/person/kevin-turen.md), [Mia Goth](https://film.one/person/mia-goth.md), [Harrison Kreiss](https://film.one/person/harrison-kreiss.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Horror 3, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $47m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti_West, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3527989, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101542

## Coming up

- *Ebenezer* (2026-11-11), Director — [page](https://film.one/film/ebenezer.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Pearl*](https://film.one/film/pearl.md) (76), [*X*](https://film.one/film/x.md) (74), [*MaXXXine*](https://film.one/film/maxxxine.md) (58)
- **Peacock:** [*Poker Face*](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Widow's Bay*](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Ti West

> Ti West makes horror with an exact eye for period detail and a less reliable feel for story. We rate his work with Mia Goth most when he lets her hold a scene without cutting away.

In *Pearl* (2022), the sky is blue, the corn is yellow and Mia Goth's red town dress looks chosen for a musical. Cinematographer Eliot Rockett makes those colours almost too strong, while production designer Tom Hammock keeps the farmhouse dark and spare. Tyler Bates and Tim Williams supply swelling strings suited to the studio melodrama West wants his horror film to resemble. The look is carefully judged, but Goth is the reason we recommend the film.

West gained notice with *The House of the Devil* (2009) and *The Innkeepers* (2011). He went on to television directing and the Western *In a Valley of Violence* (2016), then began the Goth trilogy with *X* (2022). In *Pearl*, a farm girl wants to dance in pictures; in *MaXXXine* (2024), an adult-film performer wants a part in a Hollywood horror film. The wish to become a star gives his interest in older cinema something useful to do.

Goth, who co-wrote *Pearl* with West, gives him something he cannot obtain from the art department. Her voice stays sweet while a smile arrives late or a hand rests on her father's arm for an uncomfortable moment. West edits the film himself and lets her hold the frame, allowing changes in her expression to register without an answering face to distract us. The story is slight, but his willingness to wait gives her room to make Pearl frightening.

In *MaXXXine*, West keeps cutting away before anything has time to trouble us. Rockett's pink and green night-time neon and Jason Kisvarday's peep-show booths and video shop make its 1985 Hollywood convincing. Yet West's script shuttles between police, a private investigator and a film production without giving those strands enough time to build suspense. We laughed whenever Kevin Bacon's wheedling investigator appeared, then realised we were afraid of nobody. Goth remains fierce, but the people in danger have barely been introduced and the period detail cannot make their fate matter.

His television work includes *Widow's Bay* (2026), an island mystery we recommend for its humour, unease and ensemble. Matthew Rhys and Kate O'Flynn give it people worth caring about, though its supernatural rules sometimes take more untangling than they deserve. For his feature work, we would start with *Pearl* and leave *MaXXXine* to those with a particular fondness for period detail.

## Biography

Ti West is an American filmmaker, writer and editor, best known for his work in horror. Born Timon C. West on 5 October 1980 in Wilmington, Delaware, he studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

West made his feature debut with *The Roost* (2005) and went on to direct *The House of the Devil* (2009), *The Innkeepers* (2011) and the Western *In a Valley of Violence* (2016). He wrote, directed and edited the horror trilogy comprising *X* (2022), *Pearl* (2022) and *MaXXXine* (2024). He has also directed television episodes, including for *Poker Face* (2023) and the series *Widow's Bay* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theverge.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Widow's Bay* (2026), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *MaXXXine* (2024), Fi1m 58, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/maxxxine.md)
- *Poker Face* (2023), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *Pearl* (2022), Fi1m 76, Writer, Editor, Director, Characters, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/pearl.md)
- *X* (2022), Fi1m 74, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/x.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ebenezer* (2026), Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/ebenezer.md)
- *Widow's Bay* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/widows-bay.md)
- *Mother Mary* (2026), Thanks — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mother-mary.md)
- *Anora* (2024), Thanks — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/anora.md)
- *MaXXXine* (2024), Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Characters — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/maxxxine.md)
- *Poker Face* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *Pearl* (2022), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Characters — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/pearl.md)
- *The Farmer's Daughters* (2022), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- *X* (2022), Producer, Editor, Writer, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/x.md)
- *Them* (2021), series, Director
- *Tales from the Loop* (2020), series, Director
- *Soundtrack* (2019), series, Director
- *Chambers* (2019), series, Director
- *The Passage* (2019), series, Director
- *The Resident* (2018), series, Director
- *In a Valley of Violence* (2016), Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
- *The Exorcist* (2016), series, Director
- *Outcast* (2016), series, Director
- *South of Hell* (2015), series, Director
- *Scream: The TV Series* (2015), series, Director
- *Wayward Pines* (2015), series, Director
- *The Sacrament* (2014), Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
- *All the Light in the Sky* (2013), as Director
- *Drinking Buddies* (2013), as Dave
- *You're Next* (2013), as Tariq
- *The ABCs of Death* (2013), Director, Writer
- *V/H/S* (2012), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- *The Innkeepers* (2012), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- *Silver Bullets* (2011), as Ben
- *Autoerotic* (2011), Actor
- *Tiny Furniture* (2010), Thanks
- *The House of the Devil* (2009), as Favorite Teacher · Director, Editor, Writer
- *Dead and Lonely* (2009), series, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Birthday Suit* (2009), Actor
- *Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever* (2009), Director, Story
- *Christmas Decay* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Trigger Man* (2007), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
- *The Roost* (2005), as Professor (Radio Show) · Director, Writer, Editor
- *The Woman Who Split Before Dinner* (2004), as Old Man Conrad
- *The Wicked* (2001), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
- *Prey* (2001), Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
- *Night Business*, Director
- *Bloodlust*, series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Scream Queen*, Director, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Ti West](https://film.one/media/person/11294/gallery-87520be4f7d4.jpg) Ti West — tanka v, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ti_West_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Ti_West_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024](https://film.one/media/person/11294/gallery-e2cc49c448e3.jpg) Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%2810_of_10%29_%2853834776120%29.jpg/1280px-MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%2810_of_10%29_%2853834776120%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024](https://film.one/media/person/11294/gallery-87b27fc696b8.jpg) Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%281_of_10%29_%2853834776175%29.jpg/1280px-MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%281_of_10%29_%2853834776175%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024](https://film.one/media/person/11294/gallery-cbb202a761e6.jpg) Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%282_of_10%29_%2853833433472%29.jpg/1280px-MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%282_of_10%29_%2853833433472%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ti West](https://film.one/media/person/11294/gallery-9687c1193bca.jpg) Ti West — Image via TMDB
- ![Ti West](https://film.one/media/person/11294/gallery-c461f0cd4d87.jpg) Ti West — Image via TMDB
- ![Ti West](https://film.one/media/person/11294/gallery-e34e544cc3e5.jpg) Ti West — Image via TMDB
- ![Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024](https://film.one/media/person/11294/gallery-82a0706097b6.jpg) Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%283_of_10%29_%2853834334731%29.jpg/1280px-MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%283_of_10%29_%2853834334731%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024](https://film.one/media/person/11294/gallery-0f535d04f601.jpg) Maxxxine Q&A with Ti West and Anna Bogutskaya - Picturehouse Central - Tuesday 2nd July 2024 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%284_of_10%29_%2853833433442%29.jpg/1280px-MaxxxineQAPicCent020724_%284_of_10%29_%2853833433442%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award 2022: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award (won), for *Pearl*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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