Isaiah Saxon

Jsaiah Saxon born 1983 is an American film and music video director He cofounded the animation studio Encyclopaedia Pictura and the online community DIYorg Saxon was born and raised in Aptos California He majored in film directing at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch founded Encyclopaedia Pictura as a directing duo in 2004 before expanding into a trio when Daren Rabinovitch joined in 2007 and ultimately transforming into an animation studio Through Encyclopaedia Pictura Saxon has directed music videos short films and commercials The studio is known for creating ambitious music videos and short films with an organic handmade quality In 2007 Saxon and Hellfritsch directed the music video for the Grizzly Bear single Knife The video was filmed in Death Valley CA and Brooklyn NY Their first major video it was listed at 26 on Pitchforks list of the top 50 music videos of the 2000s Following the Knife video Saxon got a call from Björk asking Encyclopaedia Pictura to direct a music video for her single Wanderlust Their concept was inspired by the work of Hayao Miyazaki Stanley Kubrick and Walt Disneys work from the 1930s The video was shot at Matthew Barneys studio in New York City in stereoscopic 3D using a 3D camera rig they designed and built Combining handmade puppetry scale modelling CGI and live action it took over nine months to complete The Wanderlust video premiered at the Deitch Projects gallery in Long Island City Queens and was shown in 3D at Saatchi Saatchis 2008 New Directors Showcase It won three DAD Yellow Pencil awards and the UK Music Video Award for Video of the Year Spin magazine named it the best music video of 2008 and Pitchfork ranked it 21 on its list of the top 50 music videos of the 2000s Saxon directed the animated music video for the Panda Bear song Boys Latin which premiered on Adult Swim in 2015 It was nominated for the UK Music Video Award for Best Animation in a Video In 2011 Saxon began developing a feature film titled DIY about a group of kids that rebuild their town after a flood The following year Saxon Zach Klein Andrew Sliwinski and Daren Rabinovitch founded DIYorg an online educational community for kids with a shopfront in San Francisco Saxon served as chief creative officer from the companys founding in 2012 through 2014 He creates the skill patches that are sent out to community members Starting in 2008 Saxon Hellfritsch and Rabinovitch transformed 10 acres in the wooded hills in Aptos California into Trout Gulch a community where they built their own houses farmed and produced digital animation The intent was to blend technology with nature At its peak 18 people lived at Trout Gulch Description above from the Wikipedia article Jsaiah Saxon licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia