About Me

My name is Christopher Gearhart – the guy behind the curtain at Bricks Brought to Life – and I make LEGO bricks come to life with stop motion animation.

I've had the pleasure of animating for such clients as The LEGO Group and CG Cookie, as well as completing many independent passion projects. As I've furthered my technical and artistic grasp on computer graphics, my interests have broadened to visual effects and software development. I am currently employed at Crane Currency as a Software and Design Engineer, and have developed dozens of tools for artists, including Bricker and Interactive Physics Editor.

Interested in collaborating? Please feel free to shoot me an email - chris@bblanimation.com.

Christopher Gearhart

Animator | VFX Artist | Developer

Demo Reel & Development Projects

• 3D Graphics & Animation Reel (Spring 2019) from Christopher Gearhart on Vimeo.
• Bricker – Photoreal LEGO Simulations (Blender Addon) from Christopher Gearhart on Blender Market.
• Background Processor (Development Tool) from Christopher Gearhart on GitHub.
• AssemblMe – LEGO Animation Made Easy (Blender Addon) from Christopher Gearhart on Blender Market.
• ABS Plastic Materials (Blender Addon) from Christopher Gearhart on Blender Market.
• Interactive Physics Editor (Blender Addon) from Christopher Gearhart on Blender Market.
• Custom Render Distribution System (Blender Addon) from Christopher Gearhart on GitLab.

Honors & Awards

• 1st place 'Instructional/Educational' category winner, BEA Festival of Media and Arts – Director (2019) – Watch the winning entry
• Featured in Christmas installment at the LEGO House in Billund – Animator (2018) – Watch the featured animation
• 1st Place Animation, IASB Statewide Competition – Director (2018) – Watch the winning entry
• Special Achievement in Filmmaking, Envision Film Festival – Director (2018) – Watch the winning entry
• Grand prize winner, Ninja For a Day on Rebrick – Director (2017) – Watch the winning entry
• Short films screened at Cine Brick – Director (2017) – Watch the screened entries
• Short film screened at Brickworld Chicago – Director (2017) – Watch the screened entry
• Short film featured on Sukkiri, reaching tens of millions of Japanese – Director (2016) – Watch the featured animation
• Short film screened at Cine Brique 2016 – Director (2016) – Watch the screened entry
• Digitalmation Awards winner, “Best Stop Motion Animation” – Director (2015) - Watch the winning entry
• Tongal “What Does LEGO Mean to You” competition winner – Director (2013) - Watch the documentary
• Grand prize winner, OYO Sports Video Challenge – Director (2012) – Watch the winning entry
• Story idea winner, Tongal “So Many Ways to Play” – Creative (2012)

- All of my work is both inspired by and made for the most creative artist in existence -