Spite Your Face Productions

Spite Your Face Productions, or SYF, is an animation production company based in London, England, consisting of animation directors Tony Mines and Tim Drage. They have created a variety of animated content for broadcast, web and DVD, but are best known for their series of stop-motion animated Lego shorts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.spiteyourface.com/about/|title = About - Spite Your Face Productions - Animation Studio}}

Since 2001, SYF have worked on five animated projects for the Lego company and their respective clients, including Sony, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm and Python (Monty) Pictures. They have also produced Lego animations independently. SYF refer to these works as "Bricksploitation films" to distinguish them from those of the fan community. Some of their films have been distributed internationally on DVD.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353751/ Monty Python & the Holy Grail in Lego (2001)]

Selected filmography

;Spider-Man: The Peril of Doc Ock

:Released in support of Spider-Man 2, two alternate ending versions of this film exist.[https://archive.org/details/peril_of_doc_ock Internet Archive: Details: Spider-Man: The Peril of Doc Ock][https://archive.org/details/peril_alt_ending Internet Archive: Details: The Peril of Doc Ock - Alternate Ending Special Edition]

;Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair

:The Empire Strikes Back spoof, produced in the run-up to Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.[http://starwars.lego.com/en-us/ScreeningRoom/HanSolo/Default.aspx LEGO.com Star Wars Screening Room - The Han Solo Affair]

;Monty Python & the Holy Grail in Lego

:Version of the "Camelot" song and dance sequence. Produced as an extra for the Monty Python and the Holy Grail DVD.[https://archive.org/details/legopython Internet Archive: Details: Monty Python and the Holy Grail in LEGO][http://www.dailyllama.com/news/2004/llama262.html Daily Llama - NEWS 2004_12_14 - Monty Python is Animators' Delight]

;ONE: A Space Odyssey

:One minute Lego version of the Kubrick epic, 2001: A Space Odyssey.[https://archive.org/details/oneaspaceodyssey_redux Internet Archive: Details: ONE: A Space Odyssey - Redux]

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.spiteyourface.com}}
{{IMDb name|1323681| Tony Mines}}
{{IMDb name|1291985|Tim Drage}}
[http://www.dailyllama.com/news/2004/llama262.html/ SYF interview on official Monty Python site]*[https://archive.org/details/peril_of_doc_ock Spider-Man: The Peril of Doc Ock (2004)] download at the Internet Archive

Category:British animation studios

Category:Companies based in London