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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 108

Movies 108

Director 79

self 10

Producer 8

Voice 1

Narrator 1

Self

Norman McLaren

Biography

Filmography

all 108

Movies 108

Director 79

self 10

Producer 8

Voice 1

Narrator 1

Norman McLaren: Animated Musician (2014)

Surrealistic Hand Drawing (2006)

Tanguy Landscape Test (2006)

Birdlings (2006)

The Art of Motion (2006)

Evelyn Lambart (2006)

Chaplin Test (2006)

The Hypnosis Film (2006)

Pen Drawings (2006)

The Seasons (2006)

Painting with Light (2006)

Blurr Test (2006)

Beginnings (2006)

McLaren at Play (2006)

Out-of-Focus Cloudscape (2006)

Little Negro (2006)

McLaren and Space (2006)

War and Peace (2005)

On the Farm (2003)

Six and Seven-Eighths (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 3 (1977)

Animated Motion: Part 4 (1977)

Animated Motion: Part 2 (1977)

Animated Motion: Part 1 (1976)

Pin Screen (1973)

Ballet Adagio (1972)

Cinéastes de notre temps: Norman McLaren: Né en 1914 (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)

New York Lightboard Record (1961)

Opening Speech (1961)

The Flicker Film (1961)

Test B For Synchromy (1960)

Test A for Synchromy (1960)

Lines: Vertical (1960)

Doors (1959)

Serenal (1959)

Short and Suite (1959)

Mail Early for Christmas (1959)

Blackbird (1958)

A Chairy Tale (1957)

Rythmetic (1956)

Blinkity Blank (1955)

Two Bagatelles (1953)

A Phantasy (1952)

Neighbours (1952)

Twirligig (1952)

Pen Point Percussion (1951)

Now Is the Time (1951)

Around Is Around (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)

Hoppity Pop (1946)

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1914-04-11

Deathday
1987-02-27 (72 years old)

Birth Place
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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