 Westmoreland earned his college degree in Politics and East Asian Studies at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Fukuoka University in Japan, graduating in 1990.He moved to the United States in 1992, initially living in New York City, then moving to New Orleans and finally to Los Angeles in 1995.After working as a camera assistant on Bruce LaBruce's movie "Hustler White", Westmoreland entered the adult entertainment world to try to research a feature film project "The Fluffer".