Norman McLaren

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Norman McLaren

Directing April 11, 1914

Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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…

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Neighbours

Neighbours

7.6 1952 Movie
Begone Dull Care

Begone Dull Care

7.0 1949 Movie
Pas de Deux

Pas de Deux

6.7 1968 Movie
Blinkity Blank

Blinkity Blank

6.4 1955 Movie
Dots

Dots

6.2 1940 Movie
A Chairy Tale

A Chairy Tale

6.8 1957 Movie
Loops

Loops

6.1 1940 Movie
Spook Sport

Spook Sport

5.8 1940 Movie
Synchromy

Synchromy

6.8 1971 Movie
Blackbird

Blackbird

6.3 1958 Movie
Boogie-Doodle

Boogie-Doodle

6.1 1941 Movie
Grierson

Grierson

7.3 1973 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Daedalus

    Movie sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren

  2. 2009
    Jacques Drouin: In Relief

    Movie Archive Footage

  3. 2006
    Evelyn Lambart

    Movie

  4. 2006
    Chaplin Test

    Movie Director

  5. 2006
    Pen Drawings

    Movie Director

  6. 2006
    Blurr Test

    Movie

  7. 2006
    The Seasons

    Movie Director

  8. 2006
    Little Negro

    Movie Director

  9. 2006
    Birdlings

    Movie

  10. 2006
    McLaren and Space

    Movie

  11. 2006
    Beginnings

    Movie

  12. 2006
    The Hypnosis Film

    Movie Director

  13. 2006
    McLaren at Play

    Movie Director

  14. 2006
    The Art of Motion

    Movie

  15. 2006
    Surrealistic Hand Drawing

    Movie Director

  16. 2006
    Out-of-Focus Cloudscape

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2006
    Painting with Light

    Movie

  2. 2006
    Tanguy Landscape Test

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  3. 2005
    War and Peace

    Movie Self

  4. 2003
    Six and Seven-Eighths

    Movie Director

  5. 2003
    On the Farm

    Movie

  6. 1990
    Creative Process: Norman McLaren

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 1985
    Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

    Movie

  8. 1983
    Narcissus

    Movie Director

  9. 1983
    McLaren on McLaren

    Movie Self

  10. 1978
    Animated Motion: Part 5

    Movie Director

  11. 1977
    Animated Motion: Part 2

    Movie Director

  12. 1977
    Animated Motion: Part 3

    Movie Director

  13. 1977
    Animated Motion: Part 4

    Movie Director

  14. 1976
    Animated Motion: Part 1

    Movie Director

  15. 1973
    Grierson

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  16. 1973
    Pinscreen

    Movie

  17. 1973
    Tour en l'air

    Movie Self

  18. 1972
    Ballet Adagio

    Movie Director

  19. 1972
    Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren

    Movie Self

  20. 1971
    Synchromy

    Movie Director

  21. 1970
    The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

    Movie Self

  22. 1969
    Opening Speech

    Movie Self

  23. 1969
    Spheres

    Movie Animation

  24. 1968
    Pas de Deux

    Movie Director