Nathan Wells

Nathan Wells is an American brickfilmer. He is known for 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure, Beast, and his series of brickfilms featuring his characters, Alex and Derrick.

Select Films
Winning entry Winning entry
 * 2006 || Material Possessions || Ten Lines Contest entry
 * 2006 || Beast || Fame, Infamy and Glory contest entry
 * 2007 || The Day Brickfilms.com Crashed  || Community project coordinated by Nathan Wells
 * 2007 || Flashbacks: Redux || Revised Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest 3 entry
 * 2008 || Unsound || Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest 4 entry
 * 2007 || Flashbacks: Redux || Revised Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest 3 entry
 * 2008 || Unsound || Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest 4 entry
 * 2008 || Unsound || Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest 4 entry
 * 2008 || Unsound || Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest 4 entry
 * 2008 || 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure ||Commissioned by The LEGO Group
 * 2014 || Alex and Derrick: Five Years Later ||
 * 2014 || Blinders || Brickfilm Rapidly All Week Long 2014 contest entry
 * 2014 || Alex and Derrick: Five Years Later ||
 * 2014 || Blinders || Brickfilm Rapidly All Week Long 2014 contest entry
 * 2014 || Blinders || Brickfilm Rapidly All Week Long 2014 contest entry

Full Filmography

 * 2003 || A Matter of Life and Death ||
 * 2003 || There Is No Spoon ||
 * 2003 || Captain Swagger ||
 * 2003 || Inside the Lab ||
 * 2003 || Jedi De-Fence ||
 * 2003 || Technic Trouble ||
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 * class="mw-collapsible-content"| Super Brilliant Sheriff
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 * 2003 || The Vikings ||
 * 2006 || Material Possessions ||
 * 2006 || Stoic ||
 * 2006 || Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Montage Clip ||
 * 2006 || pwnd ||
 * 2006 || Beast ||
 * 2006 || The Phantom Of The Opera Montage Clip ||
 * 2006 || Spoilerz! ||
 * 2006 || Powershot ||
 * 2006 || Feel Great ||
 * 2006 || Slapstick ||
 * 2006 || w00t! ||
 * 2006 || A Very Merry Holiday Special With Alex & Derrick and Alice! ||
 * 2007 || The Day Brickfilms.com Crashed ||
 * 2007 || The Future is Calling ||
 * 2007 || The Day Brickfilms.com Crashed  ||
 * 2007 || Driven ||
 * 2007 || Infinity Squared ||
 * 2007 || Flashbacks: Redux ||
 * 2007 || Unsound ||
 * 2008 || Diatribe/Malapropos ||
 * 2008 || 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure ||
 * 2013 || Derricking Ball ||
 * 2014 || The Meek and the Bold ||
 * 2014 || Alex and Derrick: Five Years Later ||
 * 2014 || Birdie ||
 * 2014 || Nyan Unikitty ||
 * 2014 || Blinders ||
 * 2014 || ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in LEGO ||
 * 2006 || w00t! ||
 * 2006 || A Very Merry Holiday Special With Alex & Derrick and Alice! ||
 * 2007 || The Day Brickfilms.com Crashed ||
 * 2007 || The Future is Calling ||
 * 2007 || The Day Brickfilms.com Crashed  ||
 * 2007 || Driven ||
 * 2007 || Infinity Squared ||
 * 2007 || Flashbacks: Redux ||
 * 2007 || Unsound ||
 * 2008 || Diatribe/Malapropos ||
 * 2008 || 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure ||
 * 2013 || Derricking Ball ||
 * 2014 || The Meek and the Bold ||
 * 2014 || Alex and Derrick: Five Years Later ||
 * 2014 || Birdie ||
 * 2014 || Nyan Unikitty ||
 * 2014 || Blinders ||
 * 2014 || ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in LEGO ||
 * 2008 || Diatribe/Malapropos ||
 * 2008 || 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure ||
 * 2013 || Derricking Ball ||
 * 2014 || The Meek and the Bold ||
 * 2014 || Alex and Derrick: Five Years Later ||
 * 2014 || Birdie ||
 * 2014 || Nyan Unikitty ||
 * 2014 || Blinders ||
 * 2014 || ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in LEGO ||
 * 2014 || Birdie ||
 * 2014 || Nyan Unikitty ||
 * 2014 || Blinders ||
 * 2014 || ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in LEGO ||
 * 2014 || Blinders ||
 * 2014 || ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in LEGO ||
 * 2014 || ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in LEGO ||
 * 2014 || ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in LEGO ||

Hiatus and Return
In 2008, after releasing 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure, Nathan left home for college and quietly stopped being involved in the brickfilms community. In 2013 Nathan returned and eventually released Derricking Ball and The Meek and the Bold before releasing Alex and Derrick: Five Years Later, considered to be his "official return."

Collaborations with Zach Macias
Over the years Nathan Wells and Zach Macias have worked together on many projects, including two direct collaborations: Feel Great and Diatribe/Malapropos, and one community project: The Day Brickfilms.com Crashed. They have also provided numerous voices for each others films, including Infinity Squared, Unsound, To Strive for Fame, Arthur's Legacy, and A Christmas Caper.

Nathan and Zach are also working together on the 2014 Bricks in Motion Awards, and are working together with Philip Heinrich on the Bricks in Motion Documentary. All three of them appeared in the Bricks in Motion Documentary Kickstarter video, which marks the first time Nathan and Zach's LEGO figures have ever spoken to each other (and the first time Nathan's LEGO figure has spoken at all).

Collaborations with The LEGO Group
In early 2008 a LEGO rep contacted Nathan asking if he wanted to make a short film, which eventually led to 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure. Nathan was paid $500 (which was mostly spent on LEGO sets that appear in the film) and sent a box of minifigure parts, which ended up being about 80-100 assembled minifigures (most of which are used in the minifig pyramid near the end of the film). Nathan was given complete creative freedom, and called it "a great experience."