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Len Lye

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
6

Gender
Male

Birthday
July 5, 1901 (125 years old)

Place of Birth
Christchurch, New Zealand

Len Lye

Biography

Leonard Charles Huia "Len" Lye (5 July 1901 – 15 May 1980), was a Christchurch, New Zealand-born artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. His films are held in archives including the New Zealand Film Archive, British Film Institute, Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the Pacific Film Archive at University of California, Berkeley.

Known For

Visual Effects

2023Peanuts...Animation
1941Hoch der Lambeth Valk...Animation
1933Experimental Animation...Animation

Directing

1981Tal Farlow...Director
1980Particles in Space...Director
1959Fountain of Hope/Peace...Director
1958Free Radicals...Director
1958Prime Time...Director
1958Pictures for Percussion...Director
1957All Souls Carnival...Director
1957Rhythm...Director
1953Life's Musical Minute...Director
1953Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five...Director
1952Color Cry...Director
1952Bells of Atlantis...Assistant Director
1949Crusade in Europe...Director
1945March of Time: Night Club Boom...Director
1943Cameramen at War...Director
1942Newspaper Train...Director
1942Planned Crops...Director
1942Work Party...Director
1942Collapsible Metal Tubes...Director
1942Musical Poster #1...Director
1942Kill or Be Killed...Director
1941When the Pie Was Opened...Director
1940Swinging the Lambeth Walk...Director
1938N or NW...Director
1937Trade Tattoo...Director
1937Colour Flight...Director
1936The Birth of the Robot...Director
1936Rainbow Dance...Director
1935A Colour Box...Director
1935Kaleidoscope...Director
1933Experimental Animation...Director
1929Tusalava...Director

Crew

1959Pittsburgh...Cinematography

Writing

1933Experimental Animation...Writer

Production

1933Experimental Animation...Producer

Editing

1933Experimental Animation...Editor

Acting

2022Len Lye: Master of Motionas Self (archive footage)
2018Secrets of British Animationas Self (archive Photos)
1995Flip & Two Twistersas Self
1993Abstract Cinemaas Himself
1987Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lyeas Self
1967Art of the Sixtiesas