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The Brothers McLeod are animation writers and directors. Greg and Myles have been writing and directing animations since 2000 and their work has appeared on BBC One, MTV, Nickelodeon, Channel 4, E4, Channel Frederator and nokiashorts.com.
Their work was first spotted on the short-list for the BBC Talent New Comedy Awards in 2001. They developed their style over the coming years, including creating and writing for CBBC's Spike & Kichi, children’s animation Super Charlie & Super Lauren (BAF 2003), and experimental short The Beardmaker shown (Commonwealth Film Festival 2004). Spamland
In 2004 The Brothers McLeod won a fund from the Film Council and Screen West Midlands to make short film Dog Tired, which premiered in the UK at the 49th Bfi Times London Film Festival. In 2006 their short film The M Man was voted as a Top Ten film for the Nicktoons Network Animation Festival 2006.
The Brothers McLeod are also successful ‘viral’ filmmakers responsible for Fuggy Fuggy (now showing on MTV), and Spamland (YouTube front page) which have received hundreds of thousands of views on the internet.
The Brothers McLeod are now represented by Aardman Animations as Commercials Directors. They have also written and produced for CBBC, most notably on the children's show, Pedro and Frankensheep.
They have featured in The Times, The Financial Times, The London Evening Standard, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and Shots, Showreel, CGI, Imagine and Digit Magazines.
The Brothers McLeod films have appeared at the following festivals:
- Platform International Animation Festival, Portland USA
- Cortoons Festival, Rome
- 49th Bfi Times London Film Festival
- Nicktoons Network Animation Festival - Top 10 Film
- Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin
- Internationale Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart
- SAND, Swansea
- 16th São Paulo Short Film Festival
- Dallas Deep Ellum Film Festival
- Anchorage International Film Festival
- 4th Annual Miami Short Film Festival
- Izmir International Short Film Festival
- Raindance Film Festival
- Flip Animation Festival [1]
- Commonwealth Film Festival
- Bradford Animation Festival
Selected filmography
- IPA Awards - Viral film produced through Aardman
- The Klatter - Music Promo
- Spamland - surreal animations based on spam emails
- Fist of Fuggy - the apprentice ninja sings (MTV)
- Fuggy Fuggy 1 " 2 - the apprentice ninja (MTV)
- The M Man - Nicktoons Network Animation Fest Finalist
- The Professor - sting broadcast regularly on E4
- Dog Tired - Film Council funded short film
- The Uncredibles - UK Election 2005 spoof
- Barking Bob
- Breezer - Breathing Space, shown on BBC Birmingham Big Screen
- Antihero - Body Rot, shown on BBC Birmingham Big Screen
- Campaign Jukebox: Troop Idol (Atomfilms.com)
- Campaign Jukebox: John Kerry (Atomfilms.com)
- Homer's Odyssey - finalist nokiashorts.com 2005
- Samurai sting - broadcast regularly on E4
- Atlantic Drift - (Atomfilms.com)
- The Beardmaker
- Spike and Kichi - broadcast on BBC ONE
- Internal Affairs - corporate animation
- Super Charlie Super Lauren
- Rockingham Gardens Christmas (Atomfilms.com)
- Walter Littlethought & Sons - featured on HTV West
- Highlights: Sports Day - short-listed for BBC Talent
- Pedro and Frankensheep - CBBC TV series
- iCarly - Wii videogame (story and dialogue)