This site is dedicated to the art of stop-motion animation, specifically the art of animating LEGO brand bricks. 

Recently The LEGO Company came out with a product called  LEGO Studios.  While many animators/directors do not use this for their movies, this inexpensive camera and software is bound to produce many movies where the stars are not highly paid hollywood actors, but everyone's favorite childhood toy, LEGO bricks. 

Some of these movies will be quick childish animations, some will be well thought out, lovingly crafted works of intelligence and creativity.  This page is intended to be a source of information and inspiration to those that wish to create stop motion animation films using the medium of plastic building bricks. 

First, new films in the directory.  Check out Tjeerd Kamps' Mountain Duel.  Tjeerd is working on a much longer film right now, so check out this work for a preview of his style.  The brilliant Andy Thornbery also has a new one, The Thing.  Check them both out in the directory.

Second, Thomas Foote has an updated site.  All his links should be working now.  He also wrote an absolutely fantastic Stop Motion Primer.   This can be found replacing his old link under Resources.  Also from Thomas are 3 new parts of his big project, Jake Technic.  Find them in the directory.

Fourth, I've got some rather blurry "behind the scenes" pics of Vecna's Lens.  I've really gotten back into the filming and might . . . might . . . have the first full 15 minutes or so ready in a few weeks.  Anyway, the pics can be found here.  This movie is going to be looooong.   I now have over 30 minutes of raw footage.  Whew!

Fifth, come to Brickfest 2001!  That page is not extremely clear, so here's a brief description.  Brickfest is a festival held by WAMALUG, the DC chapter of Adult Fans of LEGO.  Basically people bring their creations or just come to see all the stuff others have brought.  There are also contests, games, a giant pile of LEGO to build with, and god knows what else.  This year I'm giving a stop-motion animation demonstration and I also plan on putting a bunch of animated films on tape and playing them there.  But regardless of the animation portion, Brickfest is a whole lot of fun and worth the trip!

Sixth, for some reason I decided to put some self-portraits on the Contact page.  I think because Mr. Foote did. : )

Do you have a project to report?  If you are working on a big movie, email me and I'll feature you in an upcoming article about large LEGO movie projects.
 
 
 

We also have two new films in the directory today, incuding a nice tribute to Easy Rider, "Lego Rider".
 

We now have forty films in the directory!  Can you believe there are that many out there?  I hope all the films inspire us to outdo each other in the coming months.  I know I am learning a lot from other director's works.  Camera angles, style, what to do and what to avoid.  Let's hear it for brick animation!

Whenever you feel the motivation waning, visit and watch a film.  It really gets the juices flowing.

In the next few days there will be an article appearing on Brickfilms entitled: Brick Animation 101.  I hope this to be the first in a series of articles on stop motion animation.  Look for it soon!
 

Who will be the first person to get listed under Feature Length Movies?  An incredible amount of work, and no doubt worth an interview when someone's opus finally comes to life.  Will anyone beat me to the punch? 

Brickfilms has also been mentioned on Ifilm.com, Salon.com, and a few other sites.  Congrats to directors who got mentions!

Also, check out the heated discussion in the forum.  Tony Mines, co-creator of All of the Dead and ONE: A Space Odyssey had a run in with the legal department of LEGO.  Read what he has to say.

And finally, we now have our own domain name.  Just tell your friends it's www.brickfilms.com.  I've redesigned the site a bit to reflect this. 

Brickfilms was mentioned in the British Newspaper, The Guardian. Go here for the story.

Also, there are several more interviews coming down the pipeline, so our hobby will get some great exposure.

Please note: The contest has been postponed.

Take care everyone, and have fun with the directory.

Happy filming!
 

First, two new films in the directory.  This brings the total up to 26 films.  Who knew there were so many LEGO movies?

Second, Brickfilms will be appearing in the news again, this time in the Tech section of The Guardian, which comes out Thursdays.  Look for it in the upcoming weeks. . .

Third, a lot of people have inquired that some movies are not downloading/streaming correctly.  I went back and checked all the links, and all but All Of The Dead were working properly on 3 different computers running different operating systems and browsers. Please make sure you have the Realvideo/Quicktime/Windows Media Player plugins installed and working properly.  Someday streaming video over the internet will be as easy as watching TV, but we are not there yet.  The sites are up, you might just have to tweak, unfortunately.  I don't know what happened to Tim Drage and All Of The Dead.  I might have to remove the movie if the site does not come back up or get forwarded somewhere else.

Fourth, I'm making great headway in my next film, Vecna's Lens.  Sets are being created, filmed, and torn down.  Dragons roar.  Magic spews forth.  Swords clang.  One thing I still need, however, are voice actors.  Three major parts have been cast, leaving a major part still, 2 smaller parts, and many one liners.  Would anyone like to read for a part?  Contact me.

Fifth, I'm working on a content partnership with a major online film site, but have not really had a chance to talk to the right people yet, and am a bit time poor right now.  More on that later, I'm sure.

And last, but not least, I'm leaving the country for a month.  In all of Februrary, I'll be trekking in Nepal.  What this means is that Brickfilms will probably not be updated from Janurary 29th to March 1st, unless I find an assistant webmaster in the next week.   The site will obviously still be here, but let's hope my provider does not do anything weird.

In other news, it looks like my next film, Vecna's Lens, will be upwards of an hour long.  I have an almost finished script and am looking for people to voice act some of the roles.  I have a few major characters cast already, but need committed voice acting on a few more, as well as dozens of small parts.  If you are interested in a part, email me. with the subject "voice acting". 

Things are coming along nicely here.  A few more reporters have contacted me for interviews, so our hobby is getting some great exposure.  Many of the directors listed in the film directory are working on bigger, better, badder projects right now.  I think the next 6 months will see an awesome amount of quality films.  But with big films come frustrations, writer's block, and even the occasional creative breakthrough.   If you need some support or have an inspiring story to share, email me or talk about it in the forum.  Don't be afraid to ask for help or share your insight with everyone.  That's what this site is all about. 
 

And speaking of which, new films in the directory today.  Keep em coming! 
 

Brickfilms may be mentioned in the New York Times!  Look in the Monday, January 15th edition in the Business section.  I was interviewed about the LEGO movie community and being an AFOL in general.  No promises but we will see! 
 

I am interviewing a director and will have an interview posted in the next week. 

Happy filming!

We really have a great bunch of shorts and movies.  Tell your friends about Brickfilms to let us all get exposure to this great hobby!  (Don't worry, I make no money off this site, that's an innoculous plug.) Ignore the crappy banner ad above. :) 
 

In other news, Todd Lehman of Lugnet has opened a film discussion newsgroup, lugnet.publish.cinema.  Check Resources for the link to Lugnet. 
 

Go here to see them

This film will be a feature length movie set in a fantasy/medieval setting, complete with sword fights, magic, dragons, monsters, heroes, treachery, and of course, tavern fights. 

More to come, including an online copy of the script, and a trailer in the next few weeks. 
 

Added a new listing to the directory. 
 

In other news, check out the "Resources" section for some of ThomasFoote's insights into stop motion animation.  Tom gave a wonderfulpresentation on LEGO animation at Brickfest 2000 in June of this year inWashington, DC. 

The forum is now open!  Click on the link and let the artisticdifferences fly. 

Also added are a few more films in the directory.  Thanks for thoselinks! 
 

To the left, you will find a repository of existing lego films. If you would like to submit a film, please contact the webmaster. 
I hope you will enjoy some of the wonderful films listed.  Relaxand enjoy a flick. 

Also, my first very short film, "The Chase" premeires. Not on the level of some of these works yet, but now I'm familiar withthe Studios software.  Check it out in the directory of films under"Shorts".