[jakefromstatecs]

> I'm yet to see any influencer or YouTuber call themselves a director or cinematographer

You must not be looking very hard. There are many youtubers or influencers making indie films or shows.

NigaHiga, Annoying Orange and Shane Dawson all made movies. Freddie Wong started out as a Youtuber and created Video Game High School.

[fy20]

Also look at the production quality that a single person can achieve today.

Go to Amazon and drop a few grand on mics, lights, cameras and lenses. The result is production quality beating any 90s talk show, which would have taken a whole team to do.