BIO

Sometimes Birtaud Abraham still feels like the weird kid who wasn’t able to fit in with many of the children around him in his environment. His imagination is what helped him feel like he was a part of something special. He was able to escape through great stories he viewed on television. It didn’t take long for him to realize that the written word was the foundation for capturing the mind of the audience. 

 

His mind was captured by the work of screenwriters and authors who are now known as influential men and women in the world of entertainment. One of them is Michael Hirst who wrote and produced every episode of the Vikings series on the History Channel. Another one is Bernard Cornwell, who is responsible for the critically acclaimed epic novel series, The Last Kingdom, which was also adapted into a popular series on Netflix.

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The poetic writing style of a few late authors is what became his drug over the years. The lines written by Mario Puzo (The Godfather) and Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Brothers Karamazov) became an addiction for him. Their work taught him how you could challenge the audience with different themes of the human condition, such as family, love, religion and sacrifice. With the creative freedom from different professors at Liberty University, Abraham has been able to use all of these elements of pop culture in his work. There is a price to pay for going against the grain and thinking outside of the box. But he has been encouraged by his mentors to not be afraid. This has helped him grow as a human being and as a student of history.

 

Music is another powerful source of inspiration that escorts Abraham into other worlds. The epic sounds composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight Trilogy) and Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones) speak to him like the words from a powerful book or essay. To Abraham, these men are not musicians. They are magicians, because they can create visions in front of you from their compositions. Even if a person were blind, they would be able to escape and see any world just by listening to the music of Hans and Ramin.

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​The music featured in Birtaud’s short films come from composers on Artlist.com. They include Ardie Son and Brianna Tam.

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One of Birtaud’s few hobbies is listening to his favorite podcast, The Glenn Show. It is hosted by Brown University Professor, Glenn Loury. Every other week, John McWhorter of Columbia is a guest. Their work includes commentary on race, class, politics and culture. They have inspired Birtaud throughout his career as a grad student.

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