Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 11, 1914
Died
Feb 27, 1987
Place of Birth
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Credits
115 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Daedalus
sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
Archive Footage
Pen Drawings
Director
Evelyn Lambart
Chaplin Test
Director
Blurr Test
The Seasons
Director
Birdlings
Beginnings
Little Negro
Director
The Art of Motion
The Hypnosis Film
Director
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
Director
Tanguy Landscape Test
Narrator (voice)
McLaren at Play
Director
McLaren and Space
Painting with Light
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
Director
War and Peace
Self
Six and Seven-Eighths
Director
On the Farm
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Self (archive footage)
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
Narcissus
Director
McLaren on McLaren
Self
Animated Motion: Part 5
Director
Animated Motion: Part 2
Director
Animated Motion: Part 4
Director
Animated Motion: Part 3
Director
Animated Motion: Part 1
Director
Grierson
Self (archive footage)
Pinscreen
Tour en l'air
Self
Ballet Adagio
Director
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
Self
Synchromy
Director
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
Self
Opening Speech
Self
Spheres
Animation
Pas de Deux
Director
Korean Alphabet
Music
Mosaic
Canon
Director
Christmas Cracker
Director
Seven Surprizes
Director
Lines: Horizontal
Director
The Flicker Film
Director
New York Lightboard
Director
New York Lightboard Record
Self - Seen with Man in Hat
Test B For Synchromy
Director