Draft:Kane Pixels
American YouTuber and filmmaker (born 2005)
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Kane Parsons (born June 18, 2005) known online as Kane Pixels, is an American YouTuber, filmmaker and musician known for his web series Backrooms based on the online fiction of the same name.
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Comment: I'm inclined to agree with the last reviewer, right now all the notability seems to come from The Backrooms. The Streamy Award helps but doesn't exactly meet notability. It might be WP:TOOSOON until either the film or another of his works gets more notability. BuySomeApples (talk) 02:20, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: After checking all the sources, I believe that "The Backrooms" series may be the notable thing here and that already has a page of sorts. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 07:15, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: Doesn't quite pass WP:NBASIC yet.If accepted, the existing redirect at Kane_Pixels&redirect=no will need removing. Qcne (talk) 09:45, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
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At 16, Parsons published The Backrooms (Found Footage), which would go viral and be expanded into a series of shorts. Parsons directed a film adaptation of the series. The film was first announced to be in development at A24 in February 2023, and was filmed in the summer of 2025.
Life and early career
Kane Parsons was born on June 18, 2005. He lives in Northern California.[1][2]
Parsons credits his purchase of Adobe After Effects in late 2017 for his growth in video production. He used After Effects' built in rendering engine to create 3D scenes, before eventually acquiring Blender during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parsons notes the video game series Portal as being an inspiration for his work,[3] as well as liminal spaces, and nostalgic but noncommittal memories, like brief glimpses of photos from the 1990s and 2000s: "The flash is always on, the lighting is gross looking, there's yellow walls, the white balance is all off."[4]
Works
The Backrooms
Parsons began work on The Backrooms (Found Footage) in late fall of 2021, before uploading the video on January 7, 2022. The short went viral,[5] receiving highly positive reviews. Parsons created the video using Blender and Adobe After Effects.[6]
The video would serve as the catalyst for a web series, which revolves around the fictional Async Research Institute, who discovers the Backrooms (in universe referred to as the Complex), and attempts to research it. The events of the series are mostly presented in the form of VHS tapes as found footage.[7][8][9] Parsons received a Streamy Creator Honors award from MatPat for his work on the series.[10]
The Backrooms (Found Footage) was the 7th most viewed YouTube video released of 2022, standing at over 68 million views as of September 2025.[11][12]
Film adaptation
After publishing The Backrooms (Found Footage), Parsons was approached by several studios for a feature-length adaptation. He initially pitched the idea as a comic serialization as opposed to a feature length film. A24, who successfully bid on the film, announced that the project was in works in February 2023,[13] with Parsons directing.[14] James Wan, Michael Clear from Atomic Monster, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Dan Levine of 21 Laps, and Roberto Patino (who was initially set to write the screenplay) are set to produce.[15][16][17][18][19] In 2025, A24 greenlit the production for the movie. The screenplay was written by Will Soodik. Principal photography began in the summer of 2025 in Vancouver, Canada under the working title Effigy. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve were cast to star in the film, and on July 10, it was later announced Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell and Avan Jogia would be joining the cast.[20][21]
Attack on Titan
In 2021, Parsons adapted the anime and manga series Attack on Titan into six animated shorts. The videos present events from the series in the form of historical footage akin to war photography from the early 20th century.[22] The videos were praised by fans of the original series for its horror elements and for remaining faithful to the original series.[15] The videos have a total of over 47 million views as of September 2025.[23]
The Oldest View
After Backrooms, Parsons began working on another found footage web series in 2023. Through four loosely connected short films, The Oldest View follows an online content creator who discovers a subterranean mall, revealed to be a recreation of the Valley View Center in Dallas, Texas.[24] It carries a similar ambiance to Backrooms, with slow, deliberate pacing designed to instill dread and tension.[25][26] Los Angeles Times staff writer Jen Yamato listed the series on her Halloween film recommendations, describing it as the most discussed horror film of the season.[27]
On October 8 2023, Parsons uploaded the third installment titled The Rolling Giant (The Oldest View Part 3), which centers around the vlogger who, while exploring the mall, finds a moving wheeled statue that begins to pursue him throughout the video.[28][29][30]
Discography
Albums
- Backrooms (Original Score), Vol. 1 (2022)
- Backrooms (Original Score), Vol. 2 (2023)
- Backrooms (Original Score), Vol. 3 (2024)
- Daemon (2023)
- It's All Happening (2023)
- The Oldest View (2024)
- Out of Sync (Side 1) (2024)
- Out of Sync (Side 2) (2024)
- I Can’t Wait to Use the Internet (2025)
Singles and EPs
- Everything (2022)
- Halogen (2022)
- Sailing (2023)
- Glory to Lockheed Martin (2024)
- I Love My Job (2025)
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