Director

Lei Lei

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Directed movies: 20Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22

TMDB ID: 1379768

IMDb ID: nm5794645

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1985

Age: 41

Place of birth: Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2009 - 2024

Years active: 16

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雷磊

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Biography

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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