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.

Known For

Abstract Cinema

Acting

2018

Secrets of British Animation

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Self (archive Photos)

1987

Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye

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Self

1967

Art of the Sixties

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1993

Abstract Cinema

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Himself

1995

Flip & Two Twisters

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Self

2022

Len Lye: Master of Motion

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Self (archive footage)

Production

1933

Experimental Animation

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Crew

1959

Pittsburgh

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Directing

1959

Fountain of Hope/Peace

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1936

Rainbow Dance

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1937

Trade Tattoo

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1935

A Colour Box

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1958

Free Radicals

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1929

Tusalava

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1953

Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

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1958

Pictures for Percussion

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1952

Color Cry

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1936

The Birth of the Robot

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1940

Swinging the Lambeth Walk

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1935

Kaleidoscope

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1957

Rhythm

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1981

Tal Farlow

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1980

Particles in Space

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1937

Colour Flight

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1938

N or NW

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1933

Experimental Animation

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1943

Cameramen at War

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1957

All Souls Carnival

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1942

Musical Poster #1

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1952

Bells of Atlantis

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1941

When the Pie Was Opened

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1942

Kill or be Killed

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1958

Prime Time

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1953

Life's Musical Minute

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1942

Planned Crops

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1945

March of Time: Night Club Boom

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1942

Newspaper Train

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1942

Collapsible Metal Tubes

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1942

Work Party

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Crusade in Europe

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