Walter West was a British

British people

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 film director

Film director

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. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.

Broadwest

In 1914 West created Broadwest Films after acquiring funding from T.G. Broadhurst. The company began at a small studio in Esher

Esher

Esher is a town in the Surrey borough of Elmbridge in South East England near the River Mole. It is a very prosperous part of the Greater London Urban Area, largely suburban in character, and is situated 14.1 miles south west of Charing Cross....

 and started its production cycle with four comparitively lavish adaptations of popular novels. In 1916 the company moved to a larger studio in Walthamstow

Walthamstow

Walthamstow is a district of northeast London, England, located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is situated north-east of Charing Cross...

 where West continued his directing role.

Selected filmography

• The Answer
  The Answer (film)
  The Answer is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Muriel Martin-Harvey, George Foley and Dora Barton. It was based on a novel by Newman Flower.-Cast:* Muriel Martin-Harvey - The Lonely Woman...
  
  (1916)
• Burnt Wings
  Burnt Wings
  Burnt Wings is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Eve Balfour, Joseph Tozer and Thomas H. MacDonald. It was adapted from the 1909 novel Burnt Wings by Mrs Stanley Wrench. A woman decides to bring up a baby that her husband has had with his mistress.-Cast:* Eve...
  
  (1916)
• A Fortune at Stake
  A Fortune at Stake
  A Fortune at Stake is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, Gerald Ames and Edward O'Neill. It was based on a novel by Nat Gould.-Cast:* Violet Hopson as Lady Launcelot* Gerald Ames as Will Martindale...
  
  (1918)
• A Great Coup
  A Great Coup
  A Great Coup is a 1919 British silent sports film directed by George Dewhurst and Walter West and starring Stewart Rome, Poppy Wyndham and Gregory Scott. It was based on a novel by Nat Gould...
  
  (1919)
• The Case of Lady Camber
  The Case of Lady Camber
  The Case of Lady Camber is a 1920 British silent mystery film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome and Gregory Scott. Lord Camber comes under suspicion of murdering his wife, an ex-chorus girl. It was adaptated from a play by Horace Annesley Vachell.-Cast:* Violet Hopson...
  
  (1920)
• The Loudwater Mystery
  The Loudwater Mystery (film)
  The Loudwater Mystery is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by Walter West and starring Gregory Scott, Pauline Peters and Clive Brook. It was based on the 1920 novel The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson...
  
  (1921)
• The Scarlet Lady (1922)
• The Lady Owner
  The Lady Owner
  The Lady Owner is a 1923 British silent sports film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, James Knight and Warwick Ward.-Cast:* Violet Hopson - Pamela Morland* James Knight - Dick Tressider* Warwick Ward - Morton Buckstead...
  
  (1923)
• Riding for a King (1926)
• Beating the Book (1926)
• Sweeney Todd
  Sweeney Todd (1928 film)
  Sweeney Todd is a 1928 British thriller film directed by Walter West and starring Moore Marriott, Zoe Palmer and Iris Darbyshire. It was adapted from a play by George Dibdin-Pitt based on the legend of Sweeney Todd.-Cast:* Moore Marriott - Sweeney Todd...
  
  (1928)
• Maria Marten
  Maria Marten (1928 film)
  Maria Marten is a 1928 British drama film directed by Walter West and starring Trilby Clark, Warwick Ward and Dora Barton. It is based on the real story of the Red Barn Murder in the 1820s, and is one of five film adaptations...
  
  (1928)
• Warned Off
  Warned Off
  Warned Off is a 1930 British film directed by Walter West and starring Tony Wylde, Chili Bouchier and Queenie Thomas.-Cast:* Tony Wylde - Frank Cuthbert* Chili Bouchier - Florrie Greville* Queenie Thomas - Lady Violet* Evan Thomas - Colonel Cornwallis...
  
  (1930)
• Hundred to One (1933)
• Bed and Breakfast
  Bed and Breakfast (1938 film)
  Bed and Breakfast is a 1938 British drama film directed by Walter West and starring Daphne Courtney, Barry Lupino and Frank Miller. It depicts the lives of the inhabitants in a boarding house...
  
  (1938)

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