Biography
Wes Ball (born October 28, 1980) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for directing the Maze Runner film trilogy (2014–2018), based on James Dashner's series of novels of the same name, as well as Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), the fourth instalment in the Planet of the Apes reboot series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wes Ball, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Complete Filmography
The Legend of Zelda
2027
Director, Producer
A live-action adaptation of the Legend of Zelda video game series.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024
Producer, Director
Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shad...
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
Director, Producer
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Las...
Phoenix Forgotten
2017
Producer
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has b...
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
Director, Executive Producer
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. The...
The Maze Runner
2014
Director
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a m...
#Stuck
2014
Visual Effects
A hot one-night stand turns into an awkward morning after when Guy and Holly get stuck in a dead-stopped traffic jam.
Telescope
2013
Visual Effects
A cosmic archaeologist journeys through space and time to capture evidence of a forgotten Earth.
Beginners
2011
Visual Effects
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories ...
Ruin
2011
Director, Editor, Writer
In a future where cities have crumbled and been reclaimed by nature we join a lone man exploring the ruins of the company Haven Nanosystems. Recoverin...
Eye of the Storm
2011
Visual Effects Supervisor
Steampunk short animated film about a traveler in an airship crossing through a storm.
Masters of the Heist
2007
Visual Effects
Heists do not solely exist in the movies. These high profile schemes are elaborately planned, artful in their Machiavellian plotting, and so meticulou...
A Work in Progress
2002
Animation, Editor, Director
Combining both worlds of traditional live-action and CG, this short film follows the vivid imagination of a lonely girl as she searches for a friend. ...
Untitled H.G. Wells Project
N/A
Producer
The film’s logline is being kept under wraps.
Harbinger
N/A
Producer
A group of teens with superpowers go up against the corporation that tried to exploit their talents.
Fall of Gods
N/A
Director
A fantasy film rooted in Norse mythology that is based on the Kickstarted book of the same name.
The Time Runner
N/A
Director
Paramount has acquired The Time Runner, a novella that Wes Ball will develop to direct.
The Maze Runner: The Kill Order
N/A
Producer
Plot details under wraps, reportedly 'a sort of continuation of the story yet also return to the elements that made the first movie connect with its a...
Ruiner
N/A
Producer, Director
An upcoming adaptation of Reikon’s popular video game Ruiner.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
N/A
Director
A man repeatedly born into the same life, who remembers all his past experiences, as he seeks to save the world by outmaneuvering a similarly gifted r...