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Len Lye

Len Lye

Directing · Writing · As actor

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.

Directing

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🎬 The Birth of the Robot Movie · 1936 🎬 Cameramen at War Movie · 1943 🎬 Newspaper Train Movie · 1942 🎬 Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five Movie · 1953 🎬 Work Party Movie · 1942 🎬 Fountain of Hope/Peace Movie · 1959 🎬 Experimental Animation Movie · 1933 🎬 Kill or Be Killed Movie · 1942 🎬 🎬 Collapsible Metal Tubes Movie · 1942 🎬 🎬 March of Time: Night Club Boom Movie · 1945 🎬 All Souls Carnival Movie · 1957 🎬 Prime Time Movie · 1958 🎬 Pictures for Percussion Movie · 1958 🎬 Life's Musical Minute Movie · 1953 🎬 🎬 Color Cry Movie · 1952 🎬 N or NW Movie · 1938 🎬 Tusalava Movie · 1929

Writing

on Mosaic
🎬 Experimental Animation Movie · 1933

As actor

on Mosaic
🎬 Secrets of British Animation Self (archive Photos) 🎬 Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film Himself (archive footage) 🎬 Art of the Sixties Movie · 1967 🎬 Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye Self 🎬 Flip & Two Twisters Self 🎬 Len Lye: Master of Motion Self (archive footage) 🎬 Abstract Cinema Himself

🎥 Filmography — directing and writing

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📺 Crusade in Europe Series · 1949 🎬 Newspaper Train Movie · 1942 🎬 Kill or Be Killed Movie · 1942 🎬 Trade Tattoo Movie · 1937 🎬 The Birth of the Robot Movie · 1936 🎬 🎬 Color Cry Movie · 1952 🎬 Experimental Animation Movie · 1933 🎬 Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five Movie · 1953 🎬 Cameramen at War Movie · 1943 🎬 N or NW Movie · 1938 🎬 When the Pie Was Opened Movie · 1941 🎬 🎬 Swinging the Lambeth Walk Movie · 1940 🎬 Kaleidoscope Movie · 1935 🎬 All Souls Carnival Movie · 1957 🎬 Free Radicals Movie · 1958 🎬 🎬 Rhythm Movie · 1957 🎬 Prime Time Movie · 1958 🎬 Fountain of Hope/Peace Movie · 1959 🎬 Life's Musical Minute Movie · 1953 🎬 🎬 March of Time: Night Club Boom Movie · 1945 🎬 Tusalava Movie · 1929 🎬 Tal Farlow Movie · 1981 🎬 🎬 Planned Crops Movie · 1942 🎬 A Colour Box Movie · 1935

🎭 Filmography — as actor/actress

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🎬 Birth of a Nation Movie · 1997 🎬 Secrets of British Animation Movie · 2018 🎬 Art of the Sixties Movie · 1967 🎬 Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film Movie · 2011 🎬 Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye Movie · 1987 🎬 Len Lye: Master of Motion Movie · 2022 🎬 Abstract Cinema Movie · 1993 🎬 Flip & Two Twisters Movie · 1995