Lei Lei
Lei Lei (1985, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province) is a Chinese animator, filmmaker and artist. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 2009, with a master's degree in Animation. Since then, he has worked as an independent filmmaker and experimental animation artist. His animated short This Is Love (2010) was awarded Best Narrative Short at Ottawa International Animation Festival. From then on, many of his short films have received awards at festivals worldwide and he has been selected for many artist residencies. Since 2017, Lei has spent most of his time in Los Angeles, where he is a full-time faculty member at the department of Experimental Animation, CalArts. Ningdu is selected for the IFFR Tiger Award Competition 2022.
26 directing credits · 6 acting credits
Directing · 26
Breathless Animals
2019
This Is Not a Time to Lie
2014
Recycled
2013
Break no.1 & Break no.2.
2024
re-engraved
2024
My...MY...
2011
HAFF Leader 2016
2016
Hand Colored no.2
2017
A Bright Summer Diary
2020
Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger and Bigger
2013
The Universe Cotton
2009
Rocket
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I Don't Like The Comics You Drew
2018
Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
2022
Weekend
2018
Books on Books
2016
Happy Year of the Rat 2020
2020
Ready to play
2021
Hu Lulu Hong Longlong Hua Lala
2010
A Gift for You
2023
That Day, on the River
2023
Missing One Player
2015
Magic Cube and Ping-Pong
2009
Animafest Zagreb
2014
This Is Love
2010
Pear or Alien
2008
