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Len Lye

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.

Et billede af Len Lye

Directing

1929

[ ] Tusalava (Director)

1933

[ ] Experimental Animation (Director)

1935

[ ] A Colour Box (Director)
[ ] Kaleidoscope (Director)

1936

[ ] Rainbow Dance (Director)
[ ] The Birth of the Robot (Director)

1937

[ ] Trade Tattoo (Director)
[ ] Colour Flight (Director)

1938

[ ] N or NW (Director)

1940

[ ] Swinging the Lambeth Walk (Director)

1941

[ ] When the Pie Was Opened (Director)

1942

[ ] Musical Poster #1 (Director)
[ ] Kill or be Killed (Director)
[ ] Newspaper Train (Director)
[ ] Collapsible Metal Tubes (Director)
[ ] Planned Crops (Director)
[ ] Work Party (Director)

1943

[ ] Cameramen at War (Director)

1945

[ ] March of Time: Night Club Boom (Director)

1952

[ ] Color Cry (Director)
[ ] Bells of Atlantis (Assistant Director)

1953

[ ] Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five (Director)
[ ] Life's Musical Minute (Director)

1957

[ ] Rhythm (Director)
[ ] All Souls Carnival (Director)

1958

[ ] Free Radicals (Director)
[ ] Pictures for Percussion (Director)
[ ] Prime Time (Director)

1959

[ ] Fountain of Hope/Peace (Director)

1980

[ ] Particles in Space (Director)

1981

[ ] Tal Farlow (Director)

Visual Effects

1933

[ ] Experimental Animation (Animation)

1941

[ ] Hoch der Lambeth Valk (Animation)

2023

[ ] Peanuts (Animation)

Editing

1933

[ ] Experimental Animation (Editor)

Production

1933

[ ] Experimental Animation (Producer)

Writing

1933

[ ] Experimental Animation (Writer)

Crew

1959

[ ] Pittsburgh (Cinematography)

Actor

1967

[ ] Art of the Sixties (????)

1987

[ ] Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye (Self)

1993

[ ] Abstract Cinema (Himself)

1995

[ ] Flip & Two Twisters (Self)

2018

[ ] Secrets of British Animation (Self (archive Photos))

2022

[ ] Len Lye: Master of Motion (Self (archive footage))