Simon West (born 1961) is an English-born film director. West started as a film editor with the BBC, then directed documentaries and commercials including many for Budweiser. His film directing career started when he directed Con Air in 1997.
Based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis If a remake of the 1987 film had been done in the wake of American Psycho (2000) and The Rules of Attraction (2002) being brought to the big screen.