 West attended the School of Visual Arts.West's directorial work includes the 2001 short "The Wicked", and feature films "The Roost" (2005), "Trigger Man" (2007), "The House of the Devil" (2009), "The Innkeepers" (2011), and "The Sacrament" (2013).He appeared in 2004's "The Woman Who Split Before Dinner" as Old Man Conrad.