Norman McLaren
Norman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in 1952 for Neighbours, a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival Rythmetic and a 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for Pas de deux.
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Movies (115)
Daedalus
2024 · sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
2009 · Archive Footage
Painting with Light
2006
Blurr Test
2006 · Director
Beginnings
2006
McLaren and Space
2006
The Art of Motion
2006
Tanguy Landscape Test
2006 · Narrator (voice), Director
Birdlings
2006 · Director
Evelyn Lambart
2006
The Seasons
2006 · Director
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
2006 · Director
McLaren at Play
2006 · Director
Little Negro
2006 · Director
Chaplin Test
2006 · Director
Pen Drawings
2006 · Director
The Hypnosis Film
2006 · Director
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
2006 · Director
War and Peace
2005 · Self
On the Farm
2003 · Director
Six and Seven-Eighths
2003 · Director
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
1990 · Self (archive footage), Original Music Composer
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1985
Narcissus
1983 · Director
McLaren on McLaren
1983 · Self
Animated Motion: Part 5
1978 · Director
Animated Motion: Part 4
1977 · Director
Animated Motion: Part 2
1977 · Director
Animated Motion: Part 3
1977 · Director
Animated Motion: Part 1
1976 · Director
Grierson
1973 · Self (archive footage)
Pinscreen
1973 · Director
Tour en l'air
1973 · Self
Ballet Adagio
1972 · Director, Producer, Animation
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
1972 · Self
Synchromy
1971 · Director
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
1970 · Self
Opening Speech
1969 · Self, Director, Writer
Spheres
1969 · Producer, Animation, Director
Pas de Deux
1968 · Director
Korean Alphabet
1967 · Music
Mosaic
1965 · Director, Producer, Music, Animation
Canon
1964 · Director
Christmas Cracker
1963 · Director
Seven Surprizes
1963 · Director
Lines: Horizontal
1962 · Director, Producer, Animation
New York Lightboard Record
1961 · Self - Seen with Man in Hat, Director, Producer
The Flicker Film
1961 · Director
New York Lightboard
1961 · Director
Lines: Vertical
1960 · Director, Animation, Producer
Test A for Synchromy
1960 · Director
Test B For Synchromy
1960 · Director
Doors
1959 · Director
Mail Early for Christmas
1959 · Director, Producer, Animation
Serenal
1959 · Director
Short and Suite
1959 · Director
Blackbird
1958 · Director
A Chairy Tale
1957 · Director
Rythmetic
1956 · Director
Blinkity Blank
1955 · Producer, Animation, Director, Writer
Two Bagatelles
1953 · Director, Music
Neighbours
1952 · Director, Music, Writer, Animation, Producer
A Phantasy
1952 · Director, Animation, Producer
Twirligig
1952 · Producer
Now Is the Time
1951 · Sound Designer, Producer, Animation Director, Director
Pen Point Percussion
1951 · Self, Director, Producer
Around Is Around
1951 · Animation Director, Director
The Corridor
1950 · Director
Pas de deux 5
1950 · Director
The Seasons
1950 · Director
Begone Dull Care
1949 · Director, Editor, Animation
A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949
1949 · Director
Leapfrog
1949 · Director
McLaren in Ottawa
1949 · Director
Colour Flicker
1948 · Director
Dots and Loops
1948 · Director
La poulette grise
1947 · Director
Fiddle De-Dee
1947 · Director, Animation
Chants populaires nº 6
1946 · Director
Up There in the Mountains
1946 · Director
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
1946 · Director
Hoppity Pop
1946 · Director, Animation, Producer
Rock the Boat
1944 · Director, Producer
Alouette
1944 · Director
Keep Your Mouth Shut
1944 · Director
The Head Test
1944 · Director
A Rainy Day
1944 · Producer
Chants populaires nº 5
1943 · Director
Snakes
1943 · Director
Barrel Zoom
1943 · Director
Dollar Dance
1943 · Director
Hen Hop
1942 · Director, Animation, Producer
5 for 4
1942 · Director, Producer, Animation
Boogie-Doodle
1941 · Director, Animation, Producer
Mail Early
1941 · Director, Animation, Producer
V for Victory
1941 · Director, Producer, Animation
Loops
1940 · Director, Producer, Animation
NBC Valentine Greeting
1940 · Director
Dots
1940 · Director, Producer, Animation
Spook Sport
1940 · Director, Producer
Stars and Stripes
1939 · Director
Scherzo
1939 · Director, Producer
Love on the Wing
1939 · Director
The Obedient Flame
1939 · Director
Allegro
1939 · Director
Mony a Pickle
1938 · Director
A Job in a Million
1937 · Editor
Book Bargain
1937 · Director
News for the Navy
1937 · Director
Defence of Madrid
1936 · Cinematography
Hell Unltd
1936 · Director
McLaren Homemovie
1936 · Director
Camera Makes Whoopee
1935 · Editor, Director, Producer, Writer
Polychrome Fantasy
1935 · Director
7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings
1933 · Director
TV shows (0)
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