
Person
Len Lye
Actor · Director · Crew· 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.
Filmography
15 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | Himself (archive footage) | Film |
| 1981 | Tal Farlow | Director | Film |
| 1980 | Particles in Space | Director | Film |
| 1967 | Art of the Sixties | Film | |
| 1958 | Free Radicals | Director | Film |
| 1957 | Rhythm | Director | Film |
| 1952 | Color Cry | Director | Film |
| 1940 | Swinging the Lambeth Walk | Director | Film |
| 1937 | Colour Flight | Director | Film |
| 1937 | Trade Tattoo | Director | Film |
| 1936 | The Birth of the Robot | Director | Film |
| 1936 | Rainbow Dance | Director | Film |
| 1935 | A Colour Box | Director | Film |
| 1935 | Kaleidoscope | Director | Film |
| 1929 | Tusalava | Director | Film |
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