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.
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A perfect fusion of poetry and film, with dense layered imagery and music from electro pioneers Loui...
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Life’s Musical Minute, recently re-discovered, is a short promotional film of this kind, based on Ge...
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In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-...
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Lye created a series of scratched images in the 1950s – more regular or geometric than his usual sty...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tal Farlow (1981) | Director / Writer | 2 | |
| 2 | Free Radicals (1958) | Director / Writer | 2 | |
| 3 | Rhythm (1957) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 4 | Life's Musical Minute (1953) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 5 | Bells of Atlantis (1952) | Director / Writer | 3 | |
| 6 | Trade Tattoo (1937) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 7 | Colour Flight (1937) | Director / Writer | 10 | |
| 8 | Rainbow Dance (1936) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 9 | A Colour Box (1935) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 10 | Experimental Animation (1933) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 11 | Tusalava (1929) | Director / Writer | 4 |
