Len Lye
Born: 1901-07-05 in Christchurch, New Zealand
Died: 1980-05-15
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2023
- Peanuts ... (Animation)
2022
- Len Lye: Master of Motion as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Secrets of British Animation as Self (archive Photos)
2011
- Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film as Himself (archive footage)
1997
- Birth of a Nation as Self
1995
- Flip & Two Twisters as Self
1993
- Abstract Cinema as Himself
1987
- Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye as Self
1981
- Tal Farlow ... (Director)
1980
- Particles in Space ... (Director)
1967
1959
- Fountain of Hope/Peace ... (Director)
- Pittsburgh ... (Cinematography)
1958
- Free Radicals ... (Director)
- Pictures for Percussion ... (Director)
- Prime Time ... (Director)
1957
- All Souls Carnival ... (Director)
- Rhythm ... (Director)
1953
- Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five ... (Director)
- Life's Musical Minute ... (Director)
1952
- Bells of Atlantis ... (Assistant Director)
- Color Cry ... (Director)
1949
- Crusade in Europe ... (Director)
1945
- March of Time: Night Club Boom ... (Director)
1943
- Cameramen at War ... (Director)
1942
- Newspaper Train ... (Director)
- Work Party ... (Director)
- Kill or Be Killed ... (Director)
- Planned Crops ... (Director)
- Collapsible Metal Tubes ... (Director)
- Musical Poster #1 ... (Director)
1941
- Hoch der Lambeth Valk ... (Animation)
- When the Pie Was Opened ... (Director)
1940
- Swinging the Lambeth Walk ... (Director)
1938
- N or NW ... (Director)
1937
- Trade Tattoo ... (Director)
- Colour Flight ... (Director)
1936
- The Birth of the Robot ... (Director)
- Rainbow Dance ... (Director)
1935
- Kaleidoscope ... (Director)
- A Colour Box ... (Director)
1933
- Experimental Animation ... (Director)
1929
- Tusalava ... (Director)