Jim West

Jim West

Birth : 1953-12-18, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

History

James 'Kimo' West is an LA-based composer, guitarist and music producer. He is also well-known as long-time guitarist for the world's most successful musical satirist, 'Weird A'" Yankovic and also as one of the world's top "slack key" guitarists.

Profile

Jim West

Movies

Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams
Music
For more than four decades, Wellington-based photographer Grant Sheehan has made his way in the world through images. Where many photographers find longevity in laser-focused speciality, he is one of the few that has managed to thrive by expanding his style ever wider. Spinning yarns as though to an acquaintance on the neighbouring barstool, Sheehan recounts his own exceptional career in this charming documentary.
What Happened To Anne
Music
The body-horror short tells the story of Anne, a college student researching a rare fungus. When something goes awry with Anne's project, she begins to ... change.
Al's Brain in 3-D
Music
"Weird Al" Yankovic guides the audience through a 3-D lesson on the human brain. Al answers "man on the street" questions, provides interesting trivia, and even recounts the unfortunate mishap of Phineaus Cage. The film ends with "The Brain Song," which details exactly how the brain works.
'Weird Al' Yankovic: Live!
He's pop music's legendary and premier satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic (you can call him Al) and he's been amazing audiences for many years with his hilarious and electrifying live performances. Now for the first time, this two-time Grammy award winner's show has been captured for the ages with "Weird Al" Yankovic - Live!
Bob Roberts
Bus Driver
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.
Lady Dragon
Music
An ex-CIA agent living in Indonesia tracks the arms dealer who killed her husband. Along the way, she meets a young boy and his grandfather, who teach her in the ways of the Lady Dragon.