Wes Ball (born October 28, 1980) is an American film director, visual
effects artist and graphic artist. He is best known for directing the
2014 film The Maze Runner, based on James Dashner's novel. Ball also
directed the sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, which opened in
theaters on September 18, 2015, and the third film, Maze Runner: The
Death Cure, which opened on January 11, 2018.Ball attended Crescent
City High School and graduated in 1999. He graduated from the Florida
State University College of Motion Picture Arts with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts in 2002. In 2003, he won a Student Academy Award for his
short animated film A Work in Progress.Ball got his start as a
Hollywood filmmaker with an animated short named Ruin, which
executives at 20th Century Fox saw and offered him the job to direct
the adaptation to The Maze Runner. The Maze Runner would be Ball's
first feature film. Made on a budget of $34 million, the film pulled
in $348 million in box office receipts. Not long after the success of
the film, Ball signed a first look deal with 20th Century Fox under
his OddBall Entertainment banner.Ball is attached to direct a film
adaptation of Fall of Gods, a crowdfunded illustrated novel from
Denmark-based Mood Studios.
effects artist and graphic artist. He is best known for directing the
2014 film The Maze Runner, based on James Dashner's novel. Ball also
directed the sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, which opened in
theaters on September 18, 2015, and the third film, Maze Runner: The
Death Cure, which opened on January 11, 2018.Ball attended Crescent
City High School and graduated in 1999. He graduated from the Florida
State University College of Motion Picture Arts with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts in 2002. In 2003, he won a Student Academy Award for his
short animated film A Work in Progress.Ball got his start as a
Hollywood filmmaker with an animated short named Ruin, which
executives at 20th Century Fox saw and offered him the job to direct
the adaptation to The Maze Runner. The Maze Runner would be Ball's
first feature film. Made on a budget of $34 million, the film pulled
in $348 million in box office receipts. Not long after the success of
the film, Ball signed a first look deal with 20th Century Fox under
his OddBall Entertainment banner.Ball is attached to direct a film
adaptation of Fall of Gods, a crowdfunded illustrated novel from
Denmark-based Mood Studios.
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