The West Side

The West Side is an urban western. Set in a unique, alternate universe, it melds together elements of two disparate film genres: the grit of an urban setting with the tradition of the American Western. The show is presented free on the internet as a contemporary version of the serial novel. Production is currently on hiatus.

With press from publications such as Newteevee, Spout, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel, The West Side garnered international attention and won the 2008 Webby Award for Best Drama Series. The series was written, directed, produced, shot, edited, and designed by Bilsborrow-Koo and Lieberman, who were named two of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film; the magazine heralded The West Side as “ingenious low-budget independent filmmaking that just happens to be viewable only on the Web.” The West Side and an accompanying production blog are available at http://thewestside.tv.

Role: Writing, Directing, Producing, Cinematography, Editing, Post-production, Web Design, Web Development