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{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name                 = Kane Parsons
| image                = 
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| birth_name           = Kane A. Parsons
| birth_date           = {{Birth date and age|2005|06|18}}
| birth_place          = [[United Kingdom]]
| occupation           = {{hlist|[[YouTuber]]|[[filmmaker]]|[[musician]]|[[visual effects]]}}
| youtube_handle        = kanepixels
| youtube_display_name  = Kane Pixels

| youtube_years_active  = 2015–present
| youtube_genre         = Film
| youtube_subscribers   = 2.81 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW -->
| youtube_views         = 296,918,869<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW -->
| stats_update        = February  25, 2026
}}

'''Kane A. Parsons''' (born June 18, 2005), known online as '''Kane Pixels''', is a British-American{{efn|Although he currently resides in Northern California, Parsons has previously mentioned in a YouTube live Q&A that he is British-born. Friends of him have mentioned that he was raised in the United Kingdom before relocating to the United States.}} YouTuber, filmmaker, [[visual effects]] artist and musician known for his [[web series]] ''[[Backrooms (web series)|Backrooms]]'' based on [[The Backrooms|the online fiction of the same name]].

In January 2022, Parsons published ''The Backrooms (Found Footage)'' to his [[YouTube]] channel, which went [[Viral video|viral]] and expanded into a series of shorts. Parsons directed a [[Backrooms (film)|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. The film will officially release on May 29th, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=February 6, 2023 |title='The Backrooms' Horror Film Based On Viral Shorts By 17-Year-Old Kane Parsons In Works At A24, Atomic Monster, Chernin & 21 Laps |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-backrooms-a24-developing-feature-based-on-viral-horror-shorts-1235249413/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730211332/https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-backrooms-a24-developing-feature-based-on-viral-horror-shorts-1235249413/ |archive-date=July 30, 2025 |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=July 10, 2025 |title=Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell & Avan Jogia Join A24 & Chernin Entertainment Sci-Fi Horror Pic 'The Backrooms' |url=https://deadline.com/2025/07/mark-duplass-finn-bennett-lukita-maxwell-avan-jogia-join-a24-chernin-entertainment-sci-fi-horror-pic-the-backrooms-1236453956/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730205910/https://deadline.com/2025/07/mark-duplass-finn-bennett-lukita-maxwell-avan-jogia-join-a24-chernin-entertainment-sci-fi-horror-pic-the-backrooms-1236453956/ |archive-date=July 30, 2025 |access-date=July 10, 2025 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=June 11, 2025 |title=Renate Reinsve Joins Chiwetel Ejiofor In A24 Sci-Fi Horror Pic 'The Backrooms' |url=https://deadline.com/2025/06/the-backrooms-movie-renate-reinsve-chiwetel-ejiofor-a24-1236430244/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730205756/https://deadline.com/2025/06/the-backrooms-movie-renate-reinsve-chiwetel-ejiofor-a24-1236430244/ |archive-date=July 30, 2025 |access-date=June 11, 2025 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

== Early life ==
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Kane Parsons was born on June 18, 2005. His interest in [[visual effects]] started with ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]''. He would work on environments and lighting in the engine. Parsons got [[Adobe After Effects]] around winter 2017. Around a few months later, he wanted to do a video set in the universe of ''[[Little Nightmares]]'', compelling him to learn After Effects. He watched tutorials whenever he had questions for any project, expanding his knowledge as time moved on. In February 2020, Parsons downloaded [[Blender (software)|Blender]]. He would start to learn Blender as time passed. Prior to that, he worked on Element 3D, being a part of After Effects. Blender helped him and gave him what he felt as creative freedom. Parsons felt that 2020 was the best year for his skill growth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzB40WT6UtI |title=An Interview with the Backrooms Mastermind - Kane Pixels |date=2022-08-20 |last=Wendigang |access-date=2025-09-17 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

When Parsons was 8, he developed an interest in music when practicing the piano. He continued to play for the next two years, which gave him experience with music. In middle school, he experimented with [[GarageBand]] on his school-issued iPad. In July 2020, Parsons got a trial of [[FL Studio]]. Excited by what he was creating, he soon upgraded to the paid version. He released some of his music on his [[SoundCloud]] and YouTube music channel. Parsons' music channel gathered attention and grew in 2022 after the release of ''The Backrooms (Found Footage)''.<ref name=":0" />

Parsons registered a YouTube channel on April 13, 2015. He initially posted ''[[Minecraft]]'' [[Let's Play|Let’s Plays]] and [[meme]] videos, but he soon looked into directing short films.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIyWp3cNg3M |title=I spent a day with BACKROOMS CREATOR KANE PIXELS |date=2023-05-19 |last=Smosh Alike |access-date=2025-11-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzB40WT6UtI |title=An Interview with the Backrooms Mastermind - Kane Pixels |date=2022-08-20 |last=Wendigang |access-date=2025-11-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Parsons’ films didn’t receive much attention, as his meme videos would attract more people. Instead of publishing his films online, he published them through local festivals and other real-life means.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzB40WT6UtI |title=An Interview with the Backrooms Mastermind - Kane Pixels |date=2022-08-20 |last=Wendigang |access-date=2025-11-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

== Internet career ==

=== 2020–2021: Early work ===
At 14 years old, Parsons sent a video based on the web series ''Dad Feels'' to [[Nathan Barnatt]]. Barnatt would react positively and suggested changes to the video. It was soon released as “The Facility” on June 1, 2020. Parsons later worked with Barnatt on other installments.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV39eQXqV3A |title=Kane - Conversations With You (Backrooms Creator) |date=2023-12-07 |last=Nathan |access-date=2025-11-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

From late 2020 to early 2021, Parsons published a series of videos known as ''Project 209''. It serves as a [[Spinoff (media)|spinoff]] ''Dad Feels''. It follows Kane Parsons getting kidnapped and forced to live in Town, USA.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV39eQXqV3A |title=Kane - Conversations With You (Backrooms Creator) |date=2023-12-07 |last=Nathan |access-date=2025-11-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barboza |first=Brianna |date=2024-04-25 |title=This YouTuber Recreated Attack on Titan's Most Iconic Scenes as Horrifying Historical Footage |url=https://gamerant.com/kane-pixel-attack-on-titan-most-iconic-scenes-historical-footage-youtube/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref> The videos were praised by fans of the original series for its horror elements and for remaining faithful to the original series.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title='The Backrooms': A24 Developing Feature Based On Viral Horror Shorts |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-backrooms-a24-developing-feature-based-on-viral-horror-shorts-1235249413/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206160550/https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-backrooms-a24-developing-feature-based-on-viral-horror-shorts-1235249413/ |archive-date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=deadline.com}}</ref>

=== 2022–present: ''Backrooms'' ===
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In late 2021, after seeing an image of the [[The Backrooms|Backrooms]] creepypasta on his computer, Parsons began work on a short Blender animation inspired by it. He later released it on his YouTube channel on January 7, 2022, under the name ''The Backrooms (Found Footage)''. Parsons intended the short film to be a standalone work, and didn't expect it to accumulate many views. The video started to grow in popularity a few days later, and had around 71 million views as of January 2026. Prior to the upload, Parsons had an unfinished and unrelated story he had developed some time ago. While the story's themes were somewhat connected to ''Found Footage'', he didn't think it would be very popular. However, with the newfound popularity of ''Found Footage'', Parsons reconsidered the story idea, and decided to create a series following it.<ref name=":0" />

=== 2023: ''The Oldest View'' ===
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''The Oldest View'' is a [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] web series, debuting on March 18, 2023. The First Section revolves around a YouTube vlogger, Wyatt, discovering a staircase leading into an underground mall.

Prior to production, Parsons encountered an image of a rolling giant puppet based on [[Julien Reverchon]], and saved it to his computer in the summer of 2021. When he rediscovered the photo in December 2022, he would search for its origins. During New Year's Eve, he shared his findings with his friends. In January through March 2023, they would search and collect media of the rolling giant. Parsons would consider adding the rolling giant to the ''Backrooms'' web series, but he would find it limiting and not fitting. In March, he would have a clear idea what ''The Oldest View'' would be. He would work on "Renewal" and publish it on March 18, 2023.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi0MLojF1EU |title=The Rolling Giant Interview With @kanepixels & Corrupt l The Oldest View |date=2023-11-11 |last=Desolar |access-date=2025-09-19 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

=== 2025: ''People Still Live Here'' ===
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''People Still Live Here'' is a digital horror web series, starting on January 13, 2025. It revolves around a video game retelling the events experienced and documented by Clifton J. Saywell between 1934 and 1946 in the dimension called 'The Meadow'.

The 1st work relating to ''People Still Live Here'' was an album, with the same name, released on June 13, 2023, on YouTube. He would start working on "SAYWELL" in 2024 and later publish it on January 13, 2025, on YouTube.

== Filmography ==

=== Feature film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Distributor
!Notes
|-
|2026
|''[[Backrooms (film)|Backrooms]]''
|[[A24]]
|[[List of directorial debuts|Directorial debut]]; post-production<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2025-06-11 |title=A24 Sets Horror Movie 'The Backrooms' From 19-Year-Old Kane Parsons, Youngest Director in Studio's History |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/the-backrooms-a24-kane-parsons-1236428019/ |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

=== Web series ===
* ''Project 209'' (2020)
* ''Attack on Titan (Historical Footage)'' (2021)
* ''[[Backrooms (web series)|Backrooms]]'' (2022)
* ''[[The Oldest View]]'' (2023)
* ''People Still Live Here'' (2025)

=== Short film ===
* ''Sandwich'' (2017)
* ''Corpus Schizophrenic - A Portal 2 Short Film'' (2019)
* ''Late for School'' (2019)
*''It's Nicer Here'' (2020)
*''Transmission Server'' (2022)
*''I Remember'' (2022)
*''Monkey Car Crash Go Boom'' / ''No Time for Monkey Business'' (2023)

== Discography ==

=== Albums ===
* ''Awake'' (2020)
* ''Backrooms (Original Score), Vol. 1'' (2022)
* ''Backrooms (Original Score), Vol. 2'' (2023)
* ''The Oldest View (Original Score), Vol. 1'' (2023)
* ''Daemon'' (2023)
* ''It's All Happening'' (2023)
* ''Highway 101'' (2024)
* ''Out of Sync (Side 1)'' (2024)
* ''Out of Sync (Side 2)'' (2024)
* ''Backrooms (Original Score), Vol. 3'' (2024)
* ''Daemon (Vol. 2)'' (2024)
* ''I Can't Wait to Use the Internet'' (2025)

=== Singles ===
* ''Everything'' (2021)
* ''Halogen'' (2022)
* ''Sailing'' (2023)
* ''DS Lite'' (2024)
* ''Glory to Lockheed Martin'' (2024)
* ''The Hacker Known as 4Chan'' (2024)
* ''I Love My Job'' (2024)
* ''Privacy Commodity'' (2025)
* ''Gather No Moss'' (2025)
* ''Agitation'' (2026)

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/@kanepixels Main YouTube Channel]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@notkanepixels1407 Music YouTube Channel]
* [https://open.spotify.com/artist/2eIArDEhNI4cXrlkEBYmzl?nd=1&dlsi=f12a5c666f5f486a Spotify Account]
* {{IMDb name|id=10735410|name=Kane Parsons}}

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