Norman McLaren
Biography
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (50)
Daedalus
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
2024
Painting with Light
2006
Blurr Test
2006
Beginnings
2006
McLaren and Space
2006
The Art of Motion
2006
Tanguy Landscape Test
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Birdlings
2006
Evelyn Lambart
2006
The Seasons
Director (Directing)
2006
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
Director (Directing)
2006
McLaren at Play
Director (Directing)
2006
Little Negro
Director (Directing)
2006
Chaplin Test
Director (Directing)
2006
Pen Drawings
Director (Directing)
2006
The Hypnosis Film
Director (Directing)
2006
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
Director (Directing)
2006
War and Peace
as Self
2005
On the Farm
2003
Six and Seven-Eighths
Director (Directing)
2003
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1985
Narcissus
Director (Directing)
1983
McLaren on McLaren
as Self
1983
Animated Motion: Part 5
Director (Directing)
1978
Animated Motion: Part 4
Director (Directing)
1977
Animated Motion: Part 2
Director (Directing)
1977
Animated Motion: Part 3
Director (Directing)
1977
Animated Motion: Part 1
Director (Directing)
1976
Grierson
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Pinscreen
1973
Tour en l'air
as Self
1973
Ballet Adagio
Director (Directing)
1972
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
as Self
1972
Synchromy
Director (Directing)
1971
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
as Self
1970
Opening Speech
as Self
1969
Spheres
Producer (Production)
1969
Pas de Deux
Director (Directing)
1968
Korean Alphabet
Music (Sound)
1967
Mosaic
1965
Canon
Director (Directing)
1964
Christmas Cracker
Director (Directing)
1963
Seven Surprizes
Director (Directing)
1963
Lines: Horizontal
Director (Directing)
1962
New York Lightboard Record
as Self - Seen with Man in Hat
1961
The Flicker Film
Director (Directing)
1961
New York Lightboard
Director (Directing)
1961
Lines: Vertical
Director (Directing)
1960
Test A for Synchromy
Director (Directing)
1960