Personal Info
Birthday
July 5, 1901
Place of Birth
Christchurch, New Zealand
Known For
Directing
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.
Directed Movies (22)
No Backdrop
6.8
Tal Farlow
Movie1981
No Backdrop
0.0
Fountain of Hope/Peace
Movie1959
6.0
Free Radicals
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
Pictures for Percussion
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
Prime Time
Movie1958
No Backdrop
4.5
All Souls Carnival
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Movie1953
No Backdrop
5.5
Life's Musical Minute
Movie1953
No Backdrop
7.3
Crusade in Europe
TV Series1949
5.8
Cameramen at War
Movie1943
No Backdrop
5.0
Newspaper Train
Movie1942
No Backdrop
0.0
Work Party
Movie1942
No Backdrop
6.5
Kill or Be Killed
Movie1942
No Backdrop
7.3
When the Pie Was Opened
Movie1941
7.0
N or NW
Movie1938
6.0
Trade Tattoo
Movie1937
6.3
Rainbow Dance
Movie1936
7.0
The Birth of the Robot
Movie1936
6.0
A Colour Box
Movie1935
No Backdrop
6.5
Kaleidoscope
Movie1935
6.6
Experimental Animation
Movie1933
No Backdrop
5.9
Tusalava
Movie1929
Acting Filmography (7)
0.0
Len Lye: Master of Motion
Movie2022
No Backdrop
6.0
Secrets of British Animation
Movie2018
6.8
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Movie2011
No Backdrop
0.0
Flip & Two Twisters
Movie1995
No Backdrop
9.0
Abstract Cinema
Movie1993
No Backdrop
8.0
Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye
Movie1987
No Backdrop
0.0
Art of the Sixties
Movie1967