[2] Ball got his start as a Hollywood filmmaker with an animated short named Ruin, which executives at 20th Century Fox saw and offered him the job to direct the adaptation to The Maze Runner.

[5] Not long after the success of the film, Ball signed a first look deal with 20th Century Fox under his OddBall Entertainment banner.

[6] Ball is attached to direct a film adaptation of Fall of Gods, a crowdfunded illustrated novel from Denmark-based Mood Studios.

[14] In May 2021, Ball was set to direct The Time Runner, a feature adaptation of the novella of the same name by Michael Sherman.

[16] In November 2023, it was announced that Ball will direct a live-action film based on The Legend of Zelda for Nintendo and Sony Pictures, with Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad producing.