Isaiah Saxon

Jsaiah Saxon (born 1983) is an American film and music video director. He co-founded the animation studio Encyclopaedia Pictura and the online community DIY.org. 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 Pitchfork's list of the top 50 music videos of the 2000s. Following the "Knife" video, Saxon got...