Norman McLaren
Directing
Born 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 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.
Directed (94)
McLaren at Play
2006
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
2006
Blurr Test
2006
The Seasons
2006
Little Negro
2006
Chaplin Test
2006
Birdlings
2006
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
2006
Pen Drawings
2006
The Hypnosis Film
2006
On the Farm
2003
Six and Seven-Eighths
2003
Narcissus
1983
Animated Motion: Part 5
1978
Animated Motion: Part 2
1977
Animated Motion: Part 3
1977
Animated Motion: Part 4
1977
Animated Motion: Part 1
1976
Pinscreen
1973
Ballet Adagio
1972
Synchromy
1971
Opening Speech
1969
Spheres
1969
Pas de Deux
1968
Mosaic
1965
Canon
1964
Christmas Cracker
1963
Seven Surprizes
1963
Lines: Horizontal
1962
New York Lightboard Record
1961
The Flicker Film
1961
New York Lightboard
1961
Lines: Vertical
1960
Test A for Synchromy
1960
Test B For Synchromy
1960
Doors
1959
Mail Early for Christmas
1959
Serenal
1959
Short and Suite
1959
Blackbird
1958
A Chairy Tale
1957
Rythmetic
1956
Blinkity Blank
1955
Two Bagatelles
1953
Neighbours
1952
A Phantasy
1952
Now Is the Time
1951
Pen Point Percussion
1951
Around Is Around
1951
The Corridor
1950
Pas de deux 5
1950
The Seasons
1950
Begone Dull Care
1949
A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949
1949
Leapfrog
1949
McLaren in Ottawa
1949
Colour Flicker
1948
Dots and Loops
1948
La poulette grise
1947
Fiddle De-Dee
1947
Chants populaires nº 6
1946
Up There in the Mountains
1946
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
1946
Hoppity Pop
1946
Rock the Boat
1944
Keep Your Mouth Shut
1944
Alouette
1944
The Head Test
1944
Chants populaires nº 5
1943
Snakes
1943
Barrel Zoom
1943
Dollar Dance
1943
Hen Hop
1942
5 for 4
1942
Boogie-Doodle
1941
Mail Early
1941
V for Victory
1941
Loops
1940
NBC Valentine Greeting
1940
Dots
1940
Spook Sport
1940
Scherzo
1939
Stars and Stripes
1939
Love on the Wing
1939
The Obedient Flame
1939
Allegro
1939
Mony a Pickle
1938
News for the Navy
1937
Book Bargain
1937
Hell Unltd
1936
McLaren Homemovie
1936
Camera Makes Whoopee
1935
Polychrome Fantasy
1935
7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings
1933
Acting (24)
Daedalus
2024
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
2009
Beginnings
2006
McLaren and Space
2006
Painting with Light
2006
Blurr Test
2006
The Art of Motion
2006
Birdlings
2006
Evelyn Lambart
2006
Tanguy Landscape Test
2006
War and Peace
2005
On the Farm
2003
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
1990
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1985
McLaren on McLaren
1983
Grierson
1973
Pinscreen
1973
Tour en l'air
1973
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
1972
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
1970
Opening Speech
1969
Mosaic
1965
New York Lightboard Record
1961
Pen Point Percussion
1951