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How Director Alex Ullom Went from Childhood Movies Starring His Action Figures to His SXSW Feature Film Debut

This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on March 6, 2025.The film follows a group of recent grads heading out on a late-night drive and hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge. Instead, they accidentally turn onto a never-ending, two-lane hellscape surrounded by untold horrors and cosmic forces beyond their understanding. Cramped together inside a Jeep Cherokee with the miles stretching infinitely ahead, they face a choice: embrace their new existence or fight to escape it.We sat down with Ullom to get an inside look at his creative process and filmmaker origin story, going all the way back to his time making Hi-8 videos with his action figures and comedy sketches for his high school’s morning show. A Premiere Pro user since the beginning, Ullom used the software to cut It Ends, and mastered the art of custom keyboard shortcuts in the process. While he no doubt experienced the highs and lows of production, post-production, pickups, and everything in between, Ullom is grateful for the lessons he learned along the way.Check out our full conversation with Ullom below, and don’t forget to catch It Ends at SXSW.How and where did you get into directing, writing, and editing?Probably somewhere between forcing my family to sit through unwatchable Sony Hi-8 action figure battle videos as a child or subjecting my high school to comedy sketches on the morning show. I remember I failed an AP exam once because I spent the whole...

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