Biography

Aidan West is a writer and filmmaker from Vancouver, BC. He wrote and produced the feminist slow-burn thriller A Safe Distance, his debut feature as a writer and producer, which had its world premiere at SXSW in 2026. The film had its Canadian premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival and is an Official Selection at the Frameline LGBTQ Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, and more. A Safe Distance is being distributed by Vortex Media, Drafthouse Films, and Giant Pictures.

Aidan is an alumnus of the SFU undergraduate film program and the prestigious MFA screenwriting program at UCLA’s School of Theatre Film and Television. He has written and produced short films with frequent collaborator Gloria Mercer that have been broadcast on CBC, CBC Gem, Crave, and screened at film festivals all around the world. Aidan and Gloria participated in the Frontieres International Co-Production Market with their next feature-film project, the science-fiction thriller Aurora Comes Home.

Aidan is a prolific writer interested in making exciting genre-blending work in film and television. He is represented by Dallaslyn Lamb of King Lamb Entertainment.
- IMDb mini biography by: Aidan West