Leftfield Studios is a group of American brickfilmers mainly comprised of Jonathan "Dwayne_Leftfield" Hellerman, Nathanael "Leftfielder" Hellerman, and Billy "Elvis Leftfield" Gribbin, and also including Samuel Hellerman, Matthew "Bookwyrm" Bowman, and Daniel Hellerman (and possibly others). They are known for comedy brickfilms such as Aladibababad, Special Deliverance, Unmasked, Fred's Day, and Star Wars: The Great Disturbance; the first feature-length stop-motion animated brickfilm released online.[1][2] Their brickfilms are considered to be major classics of the original Brickfilms.com-era for their standout comedic writing and voice acting.[3]
Jon Hellerman began releasing brickfilms again in 2022 under the name "ShortStop Animation", giving special thanks to Leftfield Studios in the credits.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002? | Jurassic Park 4[4] | |
| 2002? | Untitled Star Wars film[5] | |
| 2002 | The Return of the King Trailer | |
| 2002 | The White Room | |
| 2003 | The Horse | Words of Wisdom Contest entry |
| 2003 | Terminator 4: Rise of the Polls | |
| 2003 | Totally Random | |
| 2003 | A Beatles Christmas | |
| 2004 | Abducted! | A Peculiar Event Contest entry |
| 2004 | Leftfielder | |
| 2004 | Star Wars: The Great Disturbance | |
| 2004 | Aladibababad | High Adventure Theatre Contest first place winner |
| 2004 | Fred's Day | High Adventure Theatre Contest entry |
| 2005 | McBeth in Two Minutes | Late 10 Brick Contest film |
| 2005 | Special Deliverance | Heroes and Villains Contest second place winner |
| 2006 | Unmasked | Ten Lines Contest first place winner |
| 2009 | Rhapsody in Blue[6] | |
| 2009 | Mind Control | Space, Time and Reality Contest entry |
| 2012 | Meet the BeatLess! - Preview | |
| 2012 | Meet the BeatLess! - Preview 2 | |
| 2012 | Meet the BeatLess! |
By Jon Hellerman, as ShortStop Animation[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | O Gallina! | |
| 2022 | The Duffer |
Features in the media[]
Billy Gribbin as seen in ABC's 2007 I-CAUGHT news segment
Billy Gribbin was featured in a 2007 ABC news segment called I-CAUGHT. The segment featured several other brickfilmers including David Pagano and Joshua Leasure, and also featured the work of Nathan Wells, Jay Silver, Lewis Chen, Robinson Wood and others. Billy Gribbin talked about his work on The Great Disturbance.[7]
References[]
- ↑ Leftfield Studios Website
- ↑ Leftfield Studios YouTube channel
- ↑ "The LEGO Animation Iceberg Explained" on YouTube
- ↑ Jurassic Park 4 on the Leftfield Studios website
- ↑ starwars.avi on the Leftfield Studios website
- ↑ Rhapsody in Blue on the Leftfield Studios website
- ↑ ABC's I-CAUGHT segment on brickfilming