Len Lye
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Birth Place
New Zealand
Born
July 05, 1901
Died
May 15, 1980
Biography
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Painter and sculptor turned animator who served in John Greirson's GPO unit, where he made documentaries and publicity films. In 1934 Lye developed a new technique for applying paint directly to film, which he introduced in his delightful animated short, "Color Box" (1935). He later experimented with techniques involving images scratched onto film stock and with what he called "kinetic s...
Biography
Painter and sculptor turned animator who served in John Greirson's GPO unit, where he made documentaries and publicity films. In 1934 Lye developed a new technique for applying paint directly to film, which he introduced in his delightful animated short, "Color Box" (1935). He later experimented with techniques involving images scratched onto film stock and with what he called "kinetic sculpture."
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Love Letters and Live Wires
(2008)
Director
Tal Farlow
(1981)
Director
Trade Tattoo
(1937)
Director
Rainbow Dance
(1936)
Director
A Colour Box
(1935)
Director
Tusalava
(1929)
Director
Visual Effects (Feature Film)
He Loved an Actress
(1938)
Special Effects
Animation (Feature Film)
Tusalava
(1929)
Animator
Director (Short)
Free Radicals
(1958)
Director
The Birth of the Robot
(1936)
Director
Animation (Short)
The Birth of the Robot
(1936)
Animator
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