The release of Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom by Wes Ball is a perfect opportunity to look back on these careers of filmmakers started on YouTube.
Now director of the blockbuster Planet of the Apes: The New KingdomWes Ball didn’t just shape his pedigree with the saga The labyrinth. Like many filmmakers of the late 2000s and early 2010s, the young artist revealed his first works on a still emerging Youtubebefore finding success there.
Despite an Internet increasingly flooded with images of all kinds, it is fascinating to see how the industry (especially on the Hollywood side) looks closely at platforms and social networks, up to Tiktok today. Among these tools, the advanced age of Youtube and the perspective we can have on its impact reveal to what extent the site has helped certain careers take off. The opportunity to return to 7 dream trajectories.
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Wes Ball (Labyrinth, Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom)
Before getting down to The Planet of the Apesand especially to the trilogy of Labyrinth, Wes Ball quickly impressed the industry. At the beginning of the 2000s, his end-of-studies animated short film, A Work in Progress, earned him a special award from the Academy of Oscars. But it was in 2012 that the young filmmaker’s life changed, when he revealed on YouTube Ruin, a short film in photorealistic 3D animation which serves as a spectacular technical demo.
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