Backrooms, a wildly popular horror movie based on the classic creepypasta of "The Backrooms," is being regarded by many as one of the best movies of 2026, but a lot of the focus is on its young director, Kane Parsons.

At 20 years old, Kane Parsons is the youngest director for the production company A24 ever, and the media has been eager to let everybody know it. Now, their insistence on reporting this fact has inspired a bizarre series of memes about the director.

So, how did the Kane Parsons meme start, and what's it all about? Here's what you need to know.

Who Is 'Kane Parsons' And What Is The 'Kane Parsons' Meme?

Kane Parsons is the director of the critically acclaimed 2026 horror movie Backrooms. Before that, back in 2022, Parsons went viral on his KanePixels YouTube channel for a series of found footage videos based on the Backrooms creepypasta (since racking up over 84 million views), which earned him the opportunity to direct the feature film for A24.

Parsons is only 20 years old in 2026, making him the youngest director of an A24 movie ever. This was widely reported in the media in most articles written about the film and Parsons.

The insistence on reminding everyone how young Parsons is, combined with the repeated use of a headshot of Parsons against a yellow background, stuck out to people in recent weeks.

They began combining these two elements as a meme that attributes fake quotes to Parsons, which have become increasingly absurd as of late.

How Is 'Kane Parsons' Used In Memes?

The Kane Parsons memes were popularized on X / Twitter at the end of May, leading into June 2026. These memes tend to share the portrait photo of Parsons, along with a fake quote purported to be from an interview with Parsons. Most of these memes end with, "He is only 20 years old."

Essentially, the memes poke fun at the way that Parsons, Backrooms and his success at a young age have been reported in the media and plastered across social media platforms.

Since then, the memes have become more absurd as people use the headshot as an exploitable meme and photoshop it. People are now editing Parsons in weird ways, distorting his face and applying increasingly strange quotes to the director.

What Are Some More 'Kane Parsons' Memes?

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For the full history of Kane Parsons memes, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.