Person
Len Lye
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jul 5, 1901
- Died
- May 15, 1980
- From
- Christchurch, New Zealand
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.
Images
Credits
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Birth of a Nation
Abstract Cinema
Secrets of British Animation
Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye
Art of the Sixties
Flip & Two Twisters
Len Lye: Master of Motion
Fountain of Hope/Peace
Trade Tattoo
A Colour Box
Free Radicals
Tusalava
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Pictures for Percussion
Color Cry
The Birth of the Robot
Swinging the Lambeth Walk