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Lei Lei

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.

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Known For

  • Happy Year of the Rat 2020
  • A Gift for You
  • Recycled
  • Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
  • Rocket
  • Break no.1 & Break no.2.
  • That Day, on the River
  • Ready to play
  • This Is Not a Time to Lie
  • Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger and Bigger
  • Hand Colored no.2
  • Breathless Animals
  • Books on Books
  • A Bright Summer Diary
  • I Don't Like The Comics You Drew
  • HAFF Leader 2016
  • This Is Love
  • Missing One Player
  • Pear or Alien
  • The Universe Cotton
  • Magic Cube and Ping-Pong
  • My...MY...
  • Hu Lulu Hong Longlong Hua Lala
  • Animafest Zagreb
  • Weekend
  • re-engraved