Len Lye
Director

Len Lye

19
Works
19
Films
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Swinging the Lambeth Walk
Film
5.8
1940

Swinging the Lambeth Walk

Lye edited together “swing” versions of the popular Lambeth Walk (including Django Reinhardt on guit…
N or NW
Film
6.2
1938

N or NW

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fo…
Colour Flight
Film
6.6
1937

Colour Flight

This riot of color was a showcase for Lye’s hand-painted and stenciled imagery. Sponsored by Imperia…
Trade Tattoo
Film
5.9
1937

Trade Tattoo

Trade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. Th…
Rainbow Dance
Film
6.1
1936

Rainbow Dance

Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated film released by the GPO Film Unit. This is Lye's second fi…
The Birth of the Robot
Film
6.8
1936

The Birth of the Robot

This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation becam…
A Colour Box
Film
6.0
1935

A Colour Box

Animated shapes dance to Cuban music. This was one of the first animations to be painted directly on…
Kaleidoscope
Film
6.2
1935

Kaleidoscope

For Kaleidoscope, which was sponsored by Churchman Cigarettes, Lye animated stenciled cigarette shap…
Experimental Animation
Film
6.6
1933

Experimental Animation

Len Lye scraped together enough funding and borrowed equipment to produce a two-minute short featuri…