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Wesley Wang (born 14 May 2004) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his viral short film nothing, except everything. (2023), which is now being adapted into a feature film with Darren Aronofsky and Sony Tristar producing. He was on Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2024.

Early life

Wang is from Long Island, and attended Jericho High School. As a competitive chess player, he became a FIDE Master in 2018. He started the non-profit CHESSanity in 2014 to promote chess in underprivileged schools across the country. He now attends Harvard College.

Career

His senior year of high school, Wang wrote and directed the short film nothing, except everything. (2023). To get the project made, he taught chess lessons for funding and cold-emailed hundreds of producers before Scott Aharoni agreed to produce. After having its world premiere at the Academy Award-qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival, the film went onto garner over 7.2 million views on YouTube.

Sparking a bidding war, the rights to the feature adaptation were then bought by Sony Tristar, and Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures came onboard to produce. This deal makes Wang the youngest director to ever set up a movie with a major studio. The movie is now in development.

Filmography

Short film

Year Title Director Writer Producer
2024 You Are Seen Yes Yes No
2023 nothing, except everything. Yes Yes No
2022 Mute Yes Yes Yes

Feature film

Year Title Director Writer Notes
TBA nothing, except everything. Yes Yes In Development

References

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