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Len Lye

Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born July 5, 1901Died May 15, 1980 (78 years)
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

  • Free Radicals
  • A Colour Box
  • The Birth of the Robot
  • Experimental Animation 1933
  • Bells of Atlantis
  • When the Pie Was Opened
  • Crusade in Europe
  • Newspaper Train

Filmography

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