Len Lye
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday5 July 1901
Died15 May 1980 (age 78)
Place of birthChristchurch, New Zealand
Known credits42
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.
Peanuts
2023 · Animation
Len Lye: Master of Motion
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Secrets of British Animation
2018 · Self (archive Photos)
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011 · Himself (archive footage)
Flip & Two Twisters
1995 · Self
Abstract Cinema
1993 · Himself
Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye
1987 · Self
Tal Farlow
1981 · Director
Particles in Space
1980 · Director
Art of the Sixties
1967
Pittsburgh
1959 · Cinematography
Fountain of Hope/Peace
1959 · Director
Free Radicals
1958 · Director
Pictures for Percussion
1958 · Director
Prime Time
1958 · Director
All Souls Carnival
1957 · Director
Rhythm
1957 · Director
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
1953 · Director
Life's Musical Minute
1953 · Director
Color Cry
1952 · Director
Bells of Atlantis
1952 · Assistant Director
Crusade in Europe
1949 · Director
March of Time: Night Club Boom
1945 · Director
Cameramen at War
1943 · Director
Newspaper Train
1942 · Director
Planned Crops
1942 · Director
Work Party
1942 · Director
Collapsible Metal Tubes
1942 · Director
Musical Poster #1
1942 · Director
Kill or Be Killed
1942 · Director
Hoch der Lambeth Valk
1941 · Animation
When the Pie Was Opened
1941 · Director
Swinging the Lambeth Walk
1940 · Director
N or NW
1938 · Director
Trade Tattoo
1937 · Director
Colour Flight
1937 · Director
Rainbow Dance
1936 · Director
The Birth of the Robot
1936 · Director
A Colour Box
1935 · Director
Kaleidoscope
1935 · Director
Experimental Animation
1933 · Director
Experimental Animation
1933 · Producer
Experimental Animation
1933 · Editor
Experimental Animation
1933 · Animation
Experimental Animation
1933 · Writer
Tusalava
1929 · Director
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