Norman McLaren

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 Made by Norman McLaren (93)

McLaren at Play (2006)

Director

The Seasons (2006)

Director

Birdlings (2006)

Director

The Hypnosis Film (2006)

Director

Blurr Test (2006)

Director

Chaplin Test (2006)

Director

Pen Drawings (2006)

Director

Out-of-Focus Cloudscape (2006)

Director

Little Negro (2006)

Director

Surrealistic Hand Drawing (2006)

Director

On the Farm (2003)

Director

Six and Seven-Eighths (2003)

Director

Creative Process: Norman McLaren (1990)

Original Music Composer

Narcissus (1983)

Director

Animated Motion: Part 5 (1978)

Director

Animated Motion: Part 2 (1977)

Director

Animated Motion: Part 4 (1977)

Director

Animated Motion: Part 3 (1977)

Director

Animated Motion: Part 1 (1976)

Director

Pinscreen (1973)

Director

Ballet Adagio (1972)

Animation

Synchromy (1971)

Director

Opening Speech (1969)

Director

Spheres (1969)

Animation

Pas de Deux (1968)

Director

Korean Alphabet (1967)

Music

Mosaic (1965)

Animation

Canon (1964)

Director

Christmas Cracker (1963)

Director

Seven Surprizes (1963)

Director

Lines: Horizontal (1962)

Animation

New York Lightboard Record (1961)

Director

The Flicker Film (1961)

Director

Test B For Synchromy (1960)

Director

Test A for Synchromy (1960)

Director

Lines: Vertical (1960)

Animation

Doors (1959)

Director

Mail Early for Christmas (1959)

Animation

Short and Suite (1959)

Director

Serenal (1959)

Director

Blackbird (1958)

Director

A Chairy Tale (1957)

Director

Rythmetic (1956)

Director

Blinkity Blank (1955)

Animation

Two Bagatelles (1953)

Director

Twirligig (1952)

Producer

Neighbors (1952)

Director

Neighbours (1952)

Animation

A Phantasy (1952)

Animation

Now Is the Time (1951)

Animation Director

Pen Point Percussion (1951)

Director

Around Is Around (1951)

Animation Director

The Corridor (1950)

Director

Begone Dull Care (1949)

Animation

A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 (1949)

Director

Dots and Loops (1948)

Director

La poulette grise (1947)

Director

Fiddle De-Dee (1947)

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)

Animation

Rock the Boat (1944)

Director

A Rainy Day (1944)

Producer

Alouette (1944)

Director

Keep Your Mouth Shut (1944)

Director

The Head Test (1944)

Director

Chants populaires nº 5 (1943)

Director

Snakes (1943)

Director

Barrel Zoom (1943)

Director

Dollar Dance (1943)

Director

Hen Hop (1942)

Animation

5 for 4 (1942)

Animation

Boogie-Doodle (1941)

Animation

Mail Early (1941)

Animation

V for Victory (1941)

Animation

Loops (1940)

Animation

NBC Valentine Greeting (1940)

Director

Spook Sport (1940)

Director

Dots (1940)

Animation

Stars and Stripes (1939)

Director

Scherzo (1939)

Director

The Obedient Flame (1939)

Director

Love on the Wing (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

Camera Makes Whoopee (1935)

Director

Polychrome Fantasy (1935)

Director

7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings (1933)

Director

Movies starring Norman McLaren (23)

Daedalus (2024)

Sampled Part Of Pas De Deux By Norman Mclaren

Jacques Drouin: In Relief (2009)

Archive Footage

McLaren and Space (2006)
Beginnings (2006)
Tanguy Landscape Test (2006)

Narrator (Voice)

Evelyn Lambart (2006)
Birdlings (2006)
The Art of Motion (2006)
Blurr Test (2006)
Painting with Light (2006)
War and Peace (2005)

Self

On the Farm (2003)
Creative Process: Norman McLaren (1990)

Self (Archive Footage)

Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short (1985)
McLaren on McLaren (1983)

Self

Grierson (1973)

Self (Archive Footage)

Pinscreen (1973)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren (1972)

Self

The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees (1970)

Self

Opening Speech (1969)

Self

Mosaic (1965)
New York Lightboard Record (1961)

Self - Seen With Man In Hat

Pen Point Percussion (1951)

Self

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