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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

David F. Sandberg aka "ponysmasher" comes to mind. He started doing largely horror films himself on no/low budgets. One of his own films got opportunity to become a feature film. That then gave him future opportunities, the largest of which was Shazam! (2019).


Additionally when YouTube Premium (YouTube Red at the time) first launched they also launched YouTube Originals. Many of those programs were created by YouTubers.

The "Originals" eventually stopped being made, but it's not clear if the issue was the content, the service or a bit of both.