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.

Known For

Secrets of British Animation

Self (archive Photos)

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Himself (archive footage)

Art of the Sixties

Flip & Two Twisters

Self

Abstract Cinema

Himself

Doodlin': Impressions Of Len Lye

Self

Len Lye: Master of Motion

Self (archive footage)