Norman McLaren

ActorDirectorComposerVisual EffectsProducer Apr 11 (died age 72) Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland 1933–2024 (91 year career)

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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 Fes…

Known For

Film

Neighbours

Animation

Film

Begone Dull Care

Animation

Film

Pas de Deux

Director

Film

Blinkity Blank

Animation

Film

A Chairy Tale

Director

Film

Dots

Animation

Film

Synchromy

Director

Film

Loops

Animation

Filmography

Acting (24)

Movies (24)

Daedalus

2024

as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren

10.0

Jacques Drouin: In Relief

2009

as Archive Footage

Evelyn Lambart

The Art of Motion

Birdlings

Painting with Light

Beginnings

Blurr Test

Tanguy Landscape Test

2006

as Narrator (voice)

McLaren and Space

2006

War and Peace

2005

as Self

On the Farm

2003

6.0

Creative Process: Norman McLaren

1990

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

McLaren on McLaren

as Self

Tour en l'air

as Self

Pinscreen

1973

6.7

Grierson

1973

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren

1972

as Self

6.0

The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

1970

as Self

Opening Speech

as Self

Mosaic

New York Lightboard Record

1961

as Self - Seen with Man in Hat

4.8

Pen Point Percussion

1951

as Self

6.0

Crew (155)

Movies (155)

Birdlings

2006

Director

Chaplin Test

2006

Director

Surrealistic Hand Drawing

2006

Director

Blurr Test

2006

Director

The Hypnosis Film

2006

Director

The Seasons

2006

Director

McLaren at Play

2006

Director

Pen Drawings

2006

Director

Out-of-Focus Cloudscape

2006

Director

Little Negro

2006

Director

Six and Seven-Eighths

Director

On the Farm

Director

Creative Process: Norman McLaren

1990

Original Music Composer

6.0

Narcissus

1983

Director

5.4

Animated Motion: Part 5

1978

Director

5.2

Animated Motion: Part 4

1977

Director

5.0

Animated Motion: Part 2

1977

Director

5.0

Animated Motion: Part 3

1977

Director

5.0

Animated Motion: Part 1

Director

Pinscreen

Director

Ballet Adagio

Animation

Ballet Adagio

Director

Ballet Adagio

Producer

Synchromy

Director

Spheres

Animation

Spheres

Director

Spheres

Producer

Opening Speech

Director

Opening Speech

Writer

Pas de Deux

Director

Korean Alphabet

Music

Mosaic

Animation

Mosaic

Director

Mosaic

Music

Mosaic

Producer

Canon

Director

Christmas Cracker

Director

Seven Surprizes

Director

Lines: Horizontal

Animation

Lines: Horizontal

Director

Lines: Horizontal

Producer

The Flicker Film

Director

New York Lightboard Record

1961

Director

4.8

New York Lightboard Record

1961

Producer

4.8

New York Lightboard

1961

Director

Test A for Synchromy

1960

Director

Test B For Synchromy

1960

Director

Lines: Vertical

Animation

Lines: Vertical

Director

Lines: Vertical

Producer

Short and Suite

Director

Mail Early for Christmas

1959

Animation

3.6

Mail Early for Christmas

1959

Director

3.6

Mail Early for Christmas

1959

Producer

3.6

Doors

1959

Director

Serenal

Director

Blackbird

Director

A Chairy Tale

Director

Rythmetic

Director

Blinkity Blank

Animation

Blinkity Blank

Director

Blinkity Blank

Producer

Blinkity Blank

Writer

Two Bagatelles

Director

Two Bagatelles

Music

Neighbours

Animation

Neighbours

Director

Neighbours

Music

Neighbours

Producer

Neighbours

Writer

A Phantasy

Animation

A Phantasy

Director

A Phantasy

Producer

Twirligig

Producer

Now Is the Time

Animation Director

Now Is the Time

Director

Now Is the Time

Producer

Now Is the Time

Sound Designer

Around Is Around

Animation Director

Around Is Around

1951

Director

Pen Point Percussion

Director

Pen Point Percussion

Producer

The Corridor

Director

Pas de deux 5

1950

Director

The Seasons

1950

Director

Begone Dull Care

Animation

Begone Dull Care

Director

Begone Dull Care

Editor

Leapfrog

Director

McLaren in Ottawa

1949

Director

A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949

1949

Director

Dots and Loops

1948

Director

6.0

Colour Flicker

1948

Director

La poulette grise

Director

Fiddle De-Dee

Animation

Fiddle De-Dee

Director

A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting

1946

Director

6.4

Up There in the Mountains

1946

Director

6.0

Chants populaires nº 6

1946

Director

Hoppity Pop

Animation

Hoppity Pop

Director

Hoppity Pop

Producer

Keep Your Mouth Shut

Director

Rock the Boat

Director

Rock the Boat

Producer

The Head Test

Director

Alouette

1944

Director

5.7

A Rainy Day

1944

Producer

Chants populaires nº 5

Director

Dollar Dance

Director

Barrel Zoom

Director

Snakes

1943

Director

5 for 4

Animation

5 for 4

Director

5 for 4

Producer

Hen Hop

Animation

Hen Hop

Director

Hen Hop

Producer

V for Victory

Animation

V for Victory

Director

V for Victory

Producer

Boogie-Doodle

Animation

Boogie-Doodle

Director

Boogie-Doodle

Producer

Mail Early

Animation

Mail Early

Director

Mail Early

Producer

Spook Sport

Director

Spook Sport

Producer

NBC Valentine Greeting

Director

Dots

Animation

Dots

Director

Dots

Producer

Loops

Animation

Loops

Director

Loops

Producer

The Obedient Flame

Director

Stars and Stripes

Director

Love on the Wing

Director

Scherzo

Director

Scherzo

Producer

Allegro

Director

Mony a Pickle

Director

News for the Navy

Director

Book Bargain

Director

A Job in a Million

Editor

Defence of Madrid

1936

Cinematography

McLaren Homemovie

1936

Director

Hell Unltd

Director

Camera Makes Whoopee

Director

Camera Makes Whoopee

Editor

Camera Makes Whoopee

Producer

Camera Makes Whoopee

Writer

Polychrome Fantasy

Director

7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings

1933

Director

4.3