Isaiah Saxon

Aptos, California, USA

Isaiah Saxon is a writer/director and co-founder of the film and animation studio Encyclopedia Pictura. His videos for Björk, Panda Bear, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, and Seventeen Evergreen have won many awards, including Video of the Year from DA&D, UK VMA, Antville, and Spin Magazine. He was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film and Esquire Magazine's Best and Brightest. He is a 2018 Sundance fellow.

In 2012, Saxon co-founded DIY.org - a worldwide community for kids to learn skills and share their creativity. In 2018, Cartoon Network released his animated series pilot DIY, an extension of the DIY.org world.

From 2008-2011, he led an effort to build a unique forest neighborhood and farm called Trout Gulch.