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107:(February 11, 1886 – September 11, 1923) was an American motion picture director. He joined the New York Motion Picture Company in 1910 and directed more than 70 motion pictures between 1910 and 1919 before being involved in an equestrian accident on set that resulted in permanent physical and psychological damage, forcing his retirement. He died in 1923 at age 37 from complications arising from his prior accident.
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West reportedly loved film-making "so intensely that he hardly took time to eat or sleep." He suffered a nervous breakdown in or about 1919 that ended his career as a director. He never recovered and never directed another motion picture.
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