--- name: "Wes Ball" canonical: "https://film.one/person/wes-ball" fi1m_id: "wes-ball" imdb_id: "nm1226871" tmdb_id: 1179066 wikidata_id: "Q18148710" roles: ["Producer","Director"] born: "28 October 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "producer" average_over: 0 updated: "2026-10-01T21:23:54.156066+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Wes Ball ## Identity Wes Ball - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wes-ball - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** wes-ball - **IMDb ID:** nm1226871 - **TMDB ID:** 1179066 - **Wikidata ID:** Q18148710 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Ball, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1226871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1179066 Producer and director. Born 28 October 1980 in USA. ## Details - **Work:** Producer, Director - **Born:** 28 October 1980, USA - **Active:** 2011–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 79 (1), 2020s 64 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Ball, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1226871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1179066 ## Coming up - *The Legend of Zelda* (2027-04-28), Director ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Wes Ball is an American film director, producer and visual effects artist. He was born on 28 October 1980 and graduated from the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts with a BFA in 2002. Ball began his career with animated short films, including Ruin, which led to his feature debut directing The Maze Runner (2014). He went on to direct the sequels Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). He also directed and produced Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wesball.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Directed (1) - *Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes* (2024), Fi1m 64, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) ### Crew (1) - *Beginners* (2011), Fi1m 79, Visual Effects — [page](https://film.one/film/beginners.md) ## Complete filmography (19) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Legend of Zelda* (2027), Director, Producer - *Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes* (2024), Producer, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) - *Maze Runner: The Death Cure* (2018), Director, Producer - *Phoenix Forgotten* (2017), Producer - *Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials* (2015), Director, Executive Producer - *The Maze Runner* (2014), Director - *#Stuck* (2014), Visual Effects - *Telescope* (2013), Visual Effects - *Beginners* (2011), Visual Effects — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/beginners.md) - *Ruin* (2011), Director, Writer, Editor - *Eye of the Storm* (2011), Visual Effects Supervisor - *Masters of the Heist* (2007), Visual Effects - *A Work in Progress* (2002), Director, Writer, Editor, Animation - *Untitled Maze Runner Reboot*, Producer - *Ruiner*, Director, Producer - *The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August*, Director - *Harbinger*, Producer - *The Time Runner*, Director - *Fall of Gods*, Director ## Gallery - ![Wes Ball](https://film.one/media/person/11584/gallery-3a938601f58d.jpg) Wes Ball — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Wes_Ball_%2814758598956%29.jpg/1280px-Wes_Ball_%2814758598956%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Chris Hardwick, James Dashner, Wes Ball, Dylan O'Brien, Rosa Salazar, Ki Hong Lee and Giancarlo Esposito speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International,](https://film.one/media/person/11584/gallery-3d33175d1a26.jpg) Chris Hardwick, James Dashner, Wes Ball, Dylan O'Brien, Rosa Salazar, Ki Hong Lee and Giancarlo Esposito speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/SDCC_2015_-_Chris_Hardwick%2C_James_Dashner%2C_Wes_Ball%2C_Dylan_O%27Brien%2C_Rosa_Salazar%2C_Ki_Hong_Lee_%26_Giancarlo_Esposito_%2819713126556%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Chris_Hardwick%2C_James_Dashner%2C_Wes_Ball%2C_Dylan_O%27Brien%2C_Rosa_Salazar%2C_Ki_Hong_Lee_%26_Giancarlo_Esposito_%2819713126556%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Wes Ball, Dylan O'Brien and Rosa Salazar speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials", at the San Diego Conventi](https://film.one/media/person/11584/gallery-52b37c2829c4.jpg) Wes Ball, Dylan O'Brien and Rosa Salazar speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials", at the San Diego Conventi — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/SDCC_2015_-_Wes_Ball%2C_Dylan_O%27Brien_%26_Rosa_Salazar_%2819551378070%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Wes_Ball%2C_Dylan_O%27Brien_%26_Rosa_Salazar_%2819551378070%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Wes Ball and Dylan O'Brien speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials", at the San Diego Convention Center in S](https://film.one/media/person/11584/gallery-c1e199615115.jpg) Wes Ball and Dylan O'Brien speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials", at the San Diego Convention Center in S — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/SDCC_2015_-_Wes_Ball_%26_Dylan_O%27Brien_%2819713194486%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Wes_Ball_%26_Dylan_O%27Brien_%2819713194486%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Wes Ball](https://film.one/media/person/11584/gallery-78258a2a1ed3.jpg) Wes Ball — Image via TMDB - ![Wes Ball and Dylan O'Brien speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials", at the San Diego Convention Center in S](https://film.one/media/person/11584/gallery-1167b389f339.jpg) Wes Ball and Dylan O'Brien speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials", at the San Diego Convention Center in S — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/SDCC_2015_-_Wes_Ball_%26_Dylan_O%27Brien_%2819739379945%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Wes_Ball_%26_Dylan_O%27Brien_%2819739379945%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Wes Ball speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Californ](https://film.one/media/person/11584/gallery-6490d63d30d1.jpg) Wes Ball speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Californ — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/SDCC_2015_-_Wes_Ball_%2819552949029%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Wes_Ball_%2819552949029%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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