Lei Lei
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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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2024Break no.1 & Break no.2.
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2024re-engraved
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2023A Gift for You
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2023That Day, on the River
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2022Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
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2021Ready to play
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2020A Bright Summer Diary
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2019Breathless Animals
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2018I Don't Like The Comics You Drew
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2018Weekend
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2017Hand Colored no.2
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2016Books on Books
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2016HAFF Leader 2016
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2015Missing One Player
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2014This Is Not a Time to Lie
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2014Animafest Zagreb
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2013Recycled
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2013Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger and Bigger
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2011My...MY...
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2010This Is Love
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2010Hu Lulu Hong Longlong Hua Lala
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2009Magic Cube and Ping-Pong
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