Norman McLaren

Directing·Apr 11, 1914·Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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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.

Film	Credit
Daedalus2024 · sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren	sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Jacques Drouin: In Relief2009 · Archive Footage	Archive Footage
BBeginnings2006 · Actor	Actor
MMcLaren and Space2006 · Actor	Actor
PPainting with Light2006 · Actor	Actor
BBlurr Test2006 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
TThe Art of Motion2006 · Actor	Actor
BBirdlings2006 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
EEvelyn Lambart2006 · Actor	Actor
TTanguy Landscape Test2006 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
MMcLaren at Play2006 · Director	Director
OOut-of-Focus Cloudscape2006 · Director	Director
TThe Seasons2006 · Director	Director
LLittle Negro2006 · Director	Director
Chaplin Test2006 · Director	Director
Surrealistic Hand Drawing2006 · Director	Director
PPen Drawings2006 · Director	Director
The Hypnosis Film2006 · Director	Director
War and Peace2005 · Self	Self
OOn the Farm2003 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Six and Seven-Eighths2003 · Director	Director
CCreative Process: Norman McLaren1990 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
NNorman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short1985 · Actor	Actor
Narcissus1983 · Director	Director
McLaren on McLaren1983 · Self	Self
AAnimated Motion: Part 51978 · Director	Director
AAnimated Motion: Part 21977 · Director	Director
AAnimated Motion: Part 31977 · Director	Director
AAnimated Motion: Part 41977 · Director	Director
AAnimated Motion: Part 11976 · Director	Director
Grierson1973 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Pinscreen1973 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
TTour en l'air1973 · Self	Self
Ballet Adagio1972 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren1972 · Self	Self
Synchromy1971 · Director	Director
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees1970 · Self	Self
Opening Speech1969 · Self, Director, Writer	Self, Director, Writer
SSpheres1969 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Pas de Deux1968 · Director	Director
Mosaic1965 · Actor, Director, Producer	Actor, Director, Producer
Canon1964 · Director	Director
Christmas Cracker1963 · Director	Director
SSeven Surprizes1963 · Director	Director
Lines: Horizontal1962 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
NNew York Lightboard Record1961 · Self - Seen with Man in Hat, Director, Producer	Self - Seen with Man in Hat, Director, Producer
The Flicker Film1961 · Director	Director
New York Lightboard1961 · Director	Director