Lei Lei is an internationally renowned animator, filmmaker, and artist. He is especially known as an experimental animation artist with his hands-on video arts, painting, installation, music, and VJ performance. He was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province in 1985. He received his master’s degree in animation from Tsinghua University in 2009. In 2010, his film This is LOVE was shown at the Ottawa International Animation Festival and awarded the 2010 Best Narrative Short. In 2013 his film Recycled was the Winner Grand Prix shorts-non-narrative at Holland International Animation Film Festival. In 2014 he was a jury member of Zagreb / Holland International Animation Film Festival and was the winner of 2014 Asian Cultural Council Grant. In 2017 he joined the faculty of CalArts Experimental Animation program. In 2018 he was invited for New Academy Member for the Short Films and Feature Animation branch. In 2019 his first feature film Breathless Animals was selected by Berlinale Forum.