Len Lye

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-07-05 (79 years old)

Deathday

1980-05-15

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.

Acting

2018

Secrets of British Animation

as Self (archive Photos)

1993

Abstract Cinema

as Himself

2022

Len Lye: Master of Motion

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1959

1936

Rainbow Dance

as Director

1937

Trade Tattoo

as Director

1935

A Colour Box

as Director

1958

Free Radicals

as Director

1929

Tusalava

as Director

1952

Color Cry

as Director

1935

Kaleidoscope

as Director

1936

1937

Colour Flight

as Director

1957

Rhythm

as Director

1980

1981

Tal Farlow

as Director

1938

N or NW

as Director

1933

1943

Cameramen at War

as Director

1957

1942

1952

Bells of Atlantis

as Assistant Director

1941

1942

1933

1933

2023

Peanuts

as Animation

1953

1958

Prime Time

as Director

1942

Newspaper Train

as Director

1942

Work Party

as Director

1942

Planned Crops

as Director

1959

Pittsburgh

as Cinematography

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