Encyclopedia Pictura

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Encyclopedia Pictura
Industry Film, Animation
Founded2004;21 years ago (2004)
Founders Isaiah Saxon, Sean Hellfritsch
Headquarters
Los Angeles
,
USA
Key people
 Isaiah Saxon, Sean Hellfritsch, Daren Rabinovitch
Website encyclopediapictura.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Encyclopedia Pictura is an American animation and film studio. Based in Los Angeles, it is lead by directors Isaiah Saxon, Daren Rabinovitch, and Sean Hellfritsch.

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Encyclopedia Pictura directs music videos, short films and commercials. [1] The studio is known for creating ambitious music videos and short films with an organic, handmade quality. [2]

History

Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch founded Encyclopedia Pictura as a directing duo in 2004, before expanding into a trio when Daren Rabinovitch joined in 2007, [3] and ultimately transforming into an animation studio. [4]

In 2007, Saxon and Hellfritsch directed the music video for the Grizzly Bear single "Knife". [2] The video was filmed in Death Valley, CA and Brooklyn, NY. Their first major video, [4] it was listed at #26 on Pitchfork's list of the top 50 music videos of the 2000s. [5]

Following the "Knife" video, Encyclopedia Pictura got a call from Björk to direct a music video for her single "Wanderlust". Their concept was inspired by the work of Hayao Miyazaki, Stanley Kubrick, and Walt Disney's work from the 1930s. [4] The video was shot at Matthew Barney's studio in New York City, [4] in stereoscopic 3-D using a 3-D camera rig they designed and built. [3] Combining handmade puppetry, scale modeling, CGI and live action, [3] it took over nine months to complete. [6] The "Wanderlust" video premiered at the Deitch Projects gallery in Long Island City, Queens, [6] and was shown in 3-D at Saatchi & Saatchi's 2008 New Directors Showcase. [7] It won three D&AD Yellow Pencil awards [8] and the UK Music Video Award for Video of the Year. [9] Spin magazine named it the best music video of 2008, [10] and Pitchfork ranked it #21 on its list of the top 50 music videos of the 2000s. [5]

Encyclopedia Pictura directed the animated music video for the Panda Bear song "Boys Latin", which premiered on Adult Swim in 2015. [11] It was nominated for the UK Music Video Award for Best Animation in a Video. [12]

Works

Notable works include:

References

  1. ↑ Jon Kalish, "Making Cutting-Edge Animation On A DIY Homestead," NPR, July 16, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "25 New Faces of Independent Film," Filmmaker , Summer 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 Mike Sager, "These Are the Directors of the Future," Esquire , November 19, 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Jenna Wortham, "The Making of Bjork's 3-D 'Wanderlust' Video," Wired , April 21, 2008.
  5. 1 2 Scott Plagenhoef, "The Top 50 Music Videos of the 2000s," Pitchfork, August 30, 2009.
  6. 1 2 Melena Ryzik, "Bjork in 3-D: The 'Wanderlust' Video," New York Times , April 1, 2008.
  7. ↑ Ann-Christine Diaz, "Saatchi Remembers Arden, Toasts Fearlessness," Advertising Age , June 19, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Wanderlust," dandad.org, 2009.
  9. ↑ 2008 winners Archived 2016-05-14 at the Wayback Machine , ukmva.com, 2008.
  10. ↑ Abigail Everdell, "The 20 Best Music Videos of 2008," Spin , December 15, 2008.
  11. ↑ Daniel Kreps, "Panda Bear Shares Trippy 'Boys Latin' Animated Video," Rolling Stone , December 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ "UK Music Video Awards 2015: here are the nomination…" Archived 2017-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Promo News, September 30, 2015.
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