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Norman McLaren

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1914-04-11

Deathday: 1987-02-27 (72 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 115

Movies 115

Director 78

Producer 15

self 11

Voice 1

Narrator 1

sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren

Biography

Filmography

all 115

Movies 115

Director 78

Producer 15

self 11

Voice 1

Narrator 1

Daedalus (2024)

Norman McLaren: Animated Musician (2014)

McLaren and Space (2006)

Little Negro (2006)

Out-of-Focus Cloudscape (2006)

McLaren at Play (2006)

Beginnings (2006)

Blurr Test (2006)

Painting with Light (2006)

The Seasons (2006)

Pen Drawings (2006)

The Hypnosis Film (2006)

Chaplin Test (2006)

Evelyn Lambart (2006)

The Art of Motion (2006)

Birdlings (2006)

Tanguy Landscape Test (2006)

Surrealistic Hand Drawing (2006)

War and Peace (2005)

Six and Seven-Eighths (2003)

On the Farm (2003)

Creative Process: Norman McLaren (1990)

Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short (1985)

Narcissus (1983)

McLaren on McLaren (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)

Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren (1972)

Synchromy (1971)

The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees (1970)

Spheres (1969)

Pas de Deux (1968)

Korean Alphabet (1967)

Mosaic (1965)

Canon (1964)

Christmas Cracker (1963)

Seven Surprizes (1963)

Lines: Horizontal (1962)

The Flicker Film (1961)

New York Lightboard Record (1961)

Opening Speech (1961)

Lines: Vertical (1960)

Test A for Synchromy (1960)

Test B For Synchromy (1960)

Doors (1959)

Mail Early for Christmas (1959)

Short and Suite (1959)

Serenal (1959)

Blackbird (1958)

A Chairy Tale (1957)

Rythmetic (1956)

Blinkity Blank (1955)

Two Bagatelles (1953)

Twirligig (1952)

A Phantasy (1952)

Neighbours (1952)

Pen Point Percussion (1951)

Around Is Around (1951)

Now Is the Time (1951)

The Corridor (1950)

Begone Dull Care (1949)

A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 (1949)

Dots and Loops (1948)

La poulette grise (1947)

Fiddle De-Dee (1947)

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1914-04-11

Deathday
1987-02-27 (72 years old)

Birth Place
Stirling, United Kingdom

Citizenships
Canada

Also Known As
N. McLaren, McLaren

Awards
honorary Royal Designer for Industry, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Companion of the Order of Canada, Winsor McCay Award, Prix Albert-Tessier, Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), Molson Prize