That is the amazing story of Fede Alvarez.
A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November 2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film.
The movie will be sponsored by director Sam Raimi, whose credits include the Spiderman and Evil Dead films.
Fede Alvarez’s short film “Ataque de Panico!” (Panic Attack!) featured giant robots invading and destroying Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.
It is 4 mins 48 seconds long and was made on a budget of $300 (£186).
So far it has had more than 1.5 million views on YouTube.
“I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios,” he told the BBC’s Latin American service BBC Mundo.
“It was amazing, we were all shocked.”
The movie Mr Alvarez has been asked to produce is a sci-fi film to be shot in Uruguay and Argentina. He says he intends to start from scratch and develop a new story for the project.
“If some director from some country can achieve this just uploading a video to YouTube, it obviously means that anyone could do it,” he added.
Here is the short film that lead to the movie deal:
The qaulity of the short film is quite amazing for a budget of $300. No wonder it got the attention of so many Hollywood producers. Here is the thing. You need to have the talent to get recognition. If you don’t have the talent no Youtube or Twitter can help you. But if you do have it then it doesn’t matter where you live. You can get internatinal recognition within a matter of days thanks to platforms such as Youtube.