For director Isaiah Saxon, who makes his feature debut with The Legend of Ochi, that realism was key to developing the Ochi's look. "The intention behind the design of the Ochi was that a kid or ...

For $10 million, Isaiah Saxon creates a fantasy world more real and emotionally resonant than anything we've seen from the $300 million projects churned out every year. The Legend of Ochi is a ...

Though these wondrous creatures don’t actually exist, they were very much alive and tangible on the set of A24’s “The Legend of Ochi,” filmmaker Isaiah Saxon’s debut feature, in theaters ...

The Legend Of Ochi isn’t exactly an ‘as it was written’ Grimm adaptation come to life, but it doesn’t assume children are ...

The result is both tactile and otherworldly, like a real creature caught just out of time. Isaiah Saxon directs the mother Ochi. Isaiah Saxon directs the mother Ochi. Credit: A24 For director ...

Sometimes, filmmaking can really be an excuse for nerds to research stuff. Writer and director Isaiah Saxon spent years developing “The Legend of Ochi” to be a fantasy adventure that looks and ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Isaiah Saxon, writer and director of The Legend of Ochi, about chasing the mysteries of nature, as a child and on film. On the fictional island of Carpathia ...

Among them was The Legend of Ochi, directed by renowned music video director Isaiah Saxon. This film marked his debut as a movie director, in association with A24. The Legend of Ochi made its ...

According to Isaiah Saxon, the film's writer and director, it was a struggle to get The Legend of Ochi made. "The attempt to make the film took longer than the making of the film," he said in an ...

When director Isaiah Saxon began his search for the voice of Ochi, the titular creature in his new film, The Legend of Ochi, he didn’t look to established actors, but YouTube. “I typed in ...