Alex West
Biography
Alex West is an actor and award-winning filmmaker best known for his dynamic portrayal of Montez in Angel (2023) the BET+ series, Louis in This Is Me Now (2024) with Jennifer Lopez on Prime, and his brainchild, Harvested: The Holiday Horror Film Franchise (Harvested 2021, Harvested 2 2022, and Harvested 3 2024).
His other top credits include Angie’s Cure (2023), Dog (2022), A Holiday Change (2019), Dread (2019), and Don’t Shoot (2017). As the Owner of Culture Forward Media Group and Culture Forward TV, the LA native is married to Ruby Lee Dove II, who is also an actor and filmmaker. Standing 6’2, Alex is a retired basketball player, businessman, polymath, and philanthropist.
Behind the Camera, Mr. West is a talented Writer, Director, Editor and Producer that has amassed 23 Awards Internationally (4X platinum). Creatively and stylistically, he is a unique blend of John Singleton, Jordan Peele, and John Woo, that has a distinct feel for rawness and immersion. His upcoming films are This Is Your Driver (2025) and Harvested 4 (2025), both in the horror/thriller genre.
Alex favorite quotes: "You can swallow a pint of your own blood before you get sick". - Fight Club
As Director
Filmography
Dog
as Holding Cell Prisoner 2022
This Is Me…Now
as Louis 2024
Alien Predator
as Plante 2018
Decapitarium
as Dr. Wilkinson 2021
Angie's Cure
as Sloan 2022
The Perfect Wife
as Officer Morris 2017
Kepley
as TJ Wallin 2021
Dread
as Slade 2019
Freeword
as Rooster 2017
Don't Shoot
as Assistant District Attorney Bobby Casey 2017
A Holiday Change
as Marcus Campbell 2019
PreGame
2020
Harvested 3
as Detective Axel Edwards 2024
Caught Between the Two
as Trevante 2016