Epoch Director Jackie Abraham Talks Radiohead, Gum, and Lockdown Pho Nightmares
June 24, 2024
Epoch Films’ Jackie Abraham discusses his 2021 directorial debut, how directing a Pur Gum ad changed his career, and an epic 4AM karaoke standoff in Little Black Book’s “The Work That Made Me.”
LBB> The ad/music video from my childhood that stays with me…
Jackie> ‘Days Go By’ for Dirty Vegas, directed by the collective Blue Source, which was made up of Rob Leggatt and Leigh Marling (I had to IMDB that). I’ve always loved that music video. So simple. Emotive. It stuck with me for sure. Mel Culligan actually produced that video, which is crazy to think about because, you know, that’s my EP.Also, Michel Gondry for The Vines. I love it so much. Rock and roll.
LBB> The ad/music video/game/web platform that made me want to get into the industry…
Jackie> I’ve never actually gotten up on a music video. Never got the right song for the go-ahead. But I do adore Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Karma Police’ for Radiohead. So simple, so beautiful. Perfect. That always made me want to try my hand at this thing we do.
LBB> The creative work that I keep revisiting…
Jackie> Currently, my editor Cam Lasovich (Saints Editorial) and I are working on a series of :15 second bumpers for a fictitious album entitled Lady Tennessee. It’s for the artist Briston Maroney - a musician from Knoxville, TN. But for some reason, we just can’t seem to crack the cuts. Lotta revisions. Like, “God dammit,” you know?