Brickfilms online before 2001

This is a list of brickfilms that were known to have been distributed on the internet before 2001. This cutoff point was chosen because LEGO Studios was released in November 2000 and Brickfilms.com launched on December 16, 2000, so by the start of 2001, brickfilming was established online, with a centralized location and growing in popularity. Before Brickfilms.com, brickfilms were sometimes shared in places such as LUGNET and the Usenet group rec.toys.lego.

While at this time there were brief CG renders and stop-motion animation tests shared mainly in gif form, this list aims to cover only the full films that were available online. There are few of these because sharing video over the internet at this time was difficult, requiring you to acquire webspace to host the video file and requiring the viewer to download a file considered large at the time, usually over dial-up internet. This list should not be considered exhaustive, as there would more than likely have been more unknown films on personal websites and other known early films for which proof of their availability online before 2000 has not been located.

1993

 * The Funhouse by Seth Kaufman This 1992 brickfilm was shared on a FirstClass bulletin board in 1993, and got spread to the wider internet from there. It was posted to rec.toys.lego in 1994.

1996

 * The Western Rip Off by The LEGO Group A brickfilm that was distributed as a screensaver on LEGO.com. The earliest known brickfilm distributed on a major website, and the earliest known created by The LEGO Group specifically for online distribution.

1997

 * Peril Productions The sole available 1997 archive of a website called True Peril diplays a listing of six films by Shawn Sparks, Jack Eidsness and Lars Eidsness. It is unclear if the full films were actually available to download, and it is possible that the last two are not brickfilms.
 * Peril at Sea
 * Peril at Castle Eifenstein
 * Peril In Vietnam
 * Peril In the Dark Ages
 * Interview With the Devil
 * P [ee] p S [ho] w

1998

 * Colin Williamson Colin Williamson was a columnist at PC Gamer magazine, and brickfilms he had created in 1995 and 1998 were shared on the PC Gamer website in 1998, making him the earliest known amateur brickfilmer to have his films shared on a major website. The films available were:
 * Two animation tests from 1995
 * Corporal Dan: Showdown
 * When Airplanes Attack!
 * The Cat. The Stove. And Some Guy.
 * Meteor Shower
 * Horse: A Tragedy
 * Who is Corporal Dan?
 * Star Trek: The LEGO Generation by Ben Hamer and Peter Straub A discussion in the comments of the YouTube upload of this 1994 brickfilm mentions it being available on a personal website of one of the creators circa 1998, and the creator agrees.

1999
In addition, Kelly Jeffery and Russ Jensen opened a brickfilm directory called LEGO Compulsion in November 1999, which saw little use and included just 6 unknown brickfilms.
 * January/February: Corporal Dan Revelations by Colin Williamson In 1998, after his brickfilms were put on the PC Gamer website, Colin Williamson was given $100 by a PC Gamer staffer to make another Corporal Dan brickfilm. Corporal Dan Revelations was preceded by a trailer and then released on the PC Gamer website in early 1999.
 * March: Ohio Dan and the Silver Brick of Doom by Ryan Collins and Russ Collins Shared to rec.toys.lego in 1999. Later made available on the internet again in 2014.
 * March: StarLego by Myles Abbott and Kevin Burfitt A 1990 brickfilm that was remastered in 1998 and shared online in 1999.
 * August - November: Kelly Jeffery and Russ Gatrell Three films shared on a personal website.
 * Sabre Duel
 * LEGO Menace
 * Salt Lake Spaceport

2000

 * January: Thomas Foote Influential early brickfilmer Thomas Foote created a LEGO Home Movies webpage which he shared to LUGNET on January 13, 2000. The films available were:
 * LEGO War
 * Jet Car
 * Saucer
 * Additionally, Jake Technic vs. Dr. Cyber parts 1 and 2 were available either later in 2000 or in January 2001.


 * January: Lift-off! by Marc Leidy This 1985 brickfilm was shared on LUGNET on January 29, 2000. The film was eventually shared again as a higher quality transfer in 2014.


 * April: Greg Perry Greg Perry had been brickfilming since 1999 and talking about it on rec.toys.lego, but did not have the webspace to share his films. On April 22, 2000, he announced on LUGNET that he had a new LEGO animation website with films, and he continued to add more films occasionally throughout the year. It is not confirmed if all of these were made available before 2001, but the films Greg Perry created before 2001 were:
 * The Hei$t
 * The Mysterious Secret Treasure of the Lost Pyramid
 * Ghost Train
 * Santa 2000
 * Meanwhile Back at the SuperNerds Headquarters...
 * ABC Opening Segment
 * The Relativity of Bricks
 * The Construction Project
 * The Brick House of Horrors


 * May: LEGO Studios An early LEGO Studios website from before the release of the product line hosted the following, available for download:
 * Intro to the LEGO Studios Steven Spielberg MovieMaker Set
 * Jurassic Bark
 * T-Rex in the Studio


 * July: Stephen F Roberts After seeing Thomas Foote's panel on brickfilming at BrickFest 2000, Stephen F Roberts began brickfilming and shared two creations on his personal website on July 6:
 * Darth Test
 * The Escape


 * August: LeGorso by Joona Poikonen and Lauri Mäki The earliest known Finnish brickfilm online.


 * August: All of the Dead by Tony Mines and Tim Drage The first brickfilm by the duo that would become known as Spite Your Face was uploaded on August 26 and shared on rec.toys.lego on September 21. Spite Your Face would go on to become professional brickfilmers who worked with The LEGO Group in the early 2000s.


 * September: Rob Weychert Rob Weychert created three brickfilms in 1998. The website that these films were hosted on was launched in September 2000.
 * Siege on the Corporate Identity Plant
 * Heat Part 2
 * Twelve Bucks


 * October: Ministry - "Thieves" by Jason Bardis


 * October - November: Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World by Q. Allan Brocka The first two episodes of the series Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World were made available online on October 15 and November 16, respectively.


 * October - December: Jason Allemann and Deane VanLuven
 * October 21: Hey R2
 * November 3: Fatherly Discipline
 * December 10: Star Wars: LEGO Edition Trailer


 * November: LEGO Studios Upon the official release of the LEGO Studios line, a new LEGO Studios website became available. Premiered on this site was the web-exclusive brickfilm Dino Cop, available to stream or download. Jurassic Bark and Jewel Quest were also available here at this time.


 * December: Brickfilms.com The brickfilm directory Brickfilms.com was launched by Jason Rowoldt on December 16, 2000 with the goal of compiling the brickfilms available on the internet into one place. By the end of December, the directory listed 15 or 16 films. This is a list of films known or presumed to be from 2000 that were in the directory by the end of January 2001. In some cases, it is unclear exactly if they were listed in 2000 or January 2001, but presumably they were available to find somewhere online in 2000.
 * All of the Dead by Tony Mines and Tim Drage
 * Brain Damage by Robert Thomas
 * The Brick by Robert Thomas
 * Castle Fighters by Nicolas Teeuwen
 * The Chase by Jason Rowoldt
 * Jacked by Robert Thomas
 * Jake Technic vs. Dr. Cyber Parts 1 and 2 by Thomas Foote
 * Jar Jar Binks and the French Revolution by Marc Atkin
 * Jet Car by Thomas Foote
 * LEGO Chef by Steve Iervolino
 * LEGO War by Thomas Foote
 * Ninja Attack by Christopher Brawn
 * Ninja Madness by Ed Mayhall and Jen Mayhall
 * Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World Episodes 1 and 2 by Q. Allan Brocka
 * Salt Lake Spaceport by Kelly Jeffery and Russ Gatrell
 * Saucer by Thomas Foote
 * Star Wars: LEGO Edition Trailer by Jason Allemann and Deane VanLuven
 * StarLego by Myles Abbott and Kevin Burfitt
 * The Escape by Stephen F Roberts
 * Titanic: LEGOs at Sea by "Killer Epidemic"
 * Untitled by Oliver Baker
 * Various by Scott Randall