I swear to God that this is one of only 3 pictures of Jake West on the whole damn internet. Seriously, Jake, put up some promo pictures on your website. You're killin us.

As we're both English, Jake and I met up for a chat over tea and cream scones following a smashing game of cricket on the green, what-ho. Well, actually we just e-mailed each other, but that doesn't sound quite so jolly well English now, does it?

Doghouse is shaping up like a real pedigree, can't wait to take it off the leash and let it bark all on it's own. (I'm still currently editing)

2. You've shot on film and on DV - how do the two mediums compare?

Well it really comes down to how much money you have - but now at the top end I'd say digital is catching up to film. We shot Doghouse on the RED system using high speed primes in 2.35:1 ratio and the results are breath taking.

However if your starting out then digital is a godsend as the quality you can now get even on a low budget is terrific.

3. What's your stance on the whole 'zombies shouldn't run' debate?

I think they should be able to run and walk depending on their condition of deterioration

4. Lager, bitter or cider?

Yes please - in that very order of preference, though I'd rather a vodka.

5. Michael Bay shows up at your door with a dumper truck full of $1000 bills and asks you to direct a remake. What do you do?

Get the keys to the truck and stage a daring heist and then go make what I want.

6. Favourite swear word?

Cunt of course. It's a beaut.

7. Who would you cast as the next Doctor Who?

I'd actually recast the older Tom Baker.

8. 3D IMAX - the future of cinema, or a gimmick that'll never catch on?

I think it'll catch on but traditional 2D will be alive alongside it for a long time. I think 3D will offer fimmakers some interesting new visual opportunities and I'd definitely like to give the format a try...but at the end of the day you're still only as good as your story and if it's just a gimmick it'll become tired quickly.

9. Ingrid Pitt or Soledad Miranda?

Soledad Miranda has the edge for me.

10. Favourite 'Carry On' film?

It'd be 'Screaming'.

11. I'm curious - what was the Aleister Crowley sample in 'Evil Aliens' all about?

Watch out curiosity killed the cat. All I can say is think about the location of the broadcast and what he's actually saying and you may have a epiphany.

12. Is there life on Mars?

Yes definitely a song by David Bowie and a TV series with the fantastic Gene Hunt character.

13. Who was your favourite Looney Toons character?

I kind of like all the Looneys, but Bugs Bunny takes the carrot.

14. The likes of 'Nine Songs' have seen real sex becoming more commonplace in 'mainstream' film. What are your feelings about this, and would you ever ask actors to get jiggy with it on camera?

I think it's a good thing and would have no problems directing a scene like that if it worked for the story and the actors were on side with it. Most sex scenes are difficult to do because you've a load of crew gawping.... and actors feel insecure with hairy electricans looking on and judging their body parts!

15. A song you'd like played at your funeral?

Something noisy enough to bring me back from beyond the veil and report on the good or bad news to help me out with a definitive answer for your tricky question 19.

16. You gave David Warbeck his final role. If history had played a little differently and he'd got the part over Roger Moore, how good a James Bond do you think he would have been?

I think he'd have been a sensational Bond, and would have equalled Roger in both humour and toughness. I don't know if he'd have milked it quite as long as Roger though which is amusing connsidering he's the Milk Tray Man.

17. Who really killed JFK?

The bullet. As a Londoner I'm not that well informed on America politics much like the Olympics.

18. As a Londoner, are you looking forward to the 2012 Olympics?

It's not really on my radar to be honest, I hope it goes well though.

19. Is there a God?

That would be telling. Is their a Multiverse is a better question.

20. You've done vampires, you've done aliens, and with Doghouse you're kind of doing zombies. Any other monsters you'd like to give a go?

The Zombies in Doghouse are affectional coined as "Zombirds" (female only. however they are not back from the dead but virally infected)

Yes I'd like to give werewolves and ghosts a whirl and am not against revisting the Vampire genre. So watch this space.