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

1. Free Radicals (1958) — Director
2. A Colour Box (1935) — Director
3. Rainbow Dance (1936) — Director
4. Trade Tattoo (1937) — Director
5. Rhythm (1957) — Director
6. Tusalava (1929) — Director
7. Swinging the Lambeth Walk (1940) — Director
8. Colour Flight (1937) — Director
9. Kaleidoscope (1935) — Director
10. Experimental Animation (1933) — Director
11. The Birth of the Robot (1936) — Director
12. Color Cry (1952) — Director
13. Particles in Space (1980) — Director
14. Tal Farlow (1981) — Director
15. Cameramen at War (1943) — Director
16. N or NW (1938) — Director
17. Musical Poster #1 (1942) — Director
18. When the Pie Was Opened (1941) — Director
19. Crusade in Europe (1949) — Director
20. All Souls Carnival (1957) — Director
21. Kill or Be Killed (1942) — Director
22. Life's Musical Minute (1953) — Director
23. Newspaper Train (1942) — Director
24. Fountain of Hope/Peace (1959) — Director
25. Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five (1953) — Director
26. Pictures for Percussion (1958) — Director
27. Prime Time (1958) — Director
28. Planned Crops (1942) — Director
29. March of Time: Night Club Boom (1945) — Director
30. Collapsible Metal Tubes (1942) — Director
31. Work Party (1942) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011) — Himself (archive footage)
2. Abstract Cinema (1993) — Himself
3. Secrets of British Animation (2018) — Self (archive Photos)
4. Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye (1987) — Self
5. Art of the Sixties (1967)
6. Flip & Two Twisters (1995) — Self
7. Len Lye: Master of Motion (2022) — Self (archive footage)