Len Lye
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 5, 1901, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Died
- May 15, 1980
- Movies
- 37
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Len Lye: Master of Motion | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Secrets of British Animation | Self (archive Photos) |
| 2011 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | Himself (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Birth of a Nation | Self |
| 1995 | Flip & Two Twisters | Self |
| 1993 | Abstract Cinema | Himself |
| 1987 | Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye | Self |
| 1967 | Art of the Sixties |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1981 | Tal Farlow | Director |
| 1980 | Particles in Space | Director |
| 1959 | Fountain of Hope/Peace | Director |
| 1958 | Free Radicals | Director |
| 1958 | Pictures for Percussion | Director |
| 1958 | Prime Time | Director |
| 1957 | All Souls Carnival | Director |
| 1957 | Rhythm | Director |
| 1953 | Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five | Director |
| 1953 | Life's Musical Minute | Director |
| 1952 | Color Cry | Director |
| 1945 | March of Time: Night Club Boom | Director |
| 1943 | Cameramen at War | Director |
| 1942 | Newspaper Train | Director |
| 1942 | Planned Crops | Director |
| 1942 | Work Party | Director |
| 1942 | Collapsible Metal Tubes | Director |
| 1942 | Musical Poster #1 | Director |
| 1942 | Kill or Be Killed | Director |
| 1941 | When the Pie Was Opened | Director |
| 1940 | Swinging the Lambeth Walk | Director |
| 1938 | N or NW | Director |
| 1937 | Trade Tattoo | Director |
| 1937 | Colour Flight | Director |
| 1936 | The Birth of the Robot | Director |
| 1935 | A Colour Box | Director |
| 1935 | Kaleidoscope | Director |
| 1933 | Experimental Animation | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1929 | Tusalava | Director |
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