
Norman McLaren
Directing
1914-04-11 · Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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(24)
movieDaedalus
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren · 2024 · 10.0
movieJacques Drouin: In Relief
as Archive Footage · 2009 · 0.0
Painting with Light
as · 2006 · 0.0
Blurr Test
as · 2006 · 0.0
Beginnings
as · 2006 · 0.0
McLaren and Space
as · 2006 · 0.0
The Art of Motion
as · 2006 · 0.0
Tanguy Landscape Test
as Narrator (voice) · 2006 · 0.0
Birdlings
as · 2006 · 0.0
Evelyn Lambart
as · 2006 · 0.0
movieWar and Peace
as Self · 2005 · 0.0
On the Farm
as · 2003 · 6.0
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
as Self (archive footage) · 1990 · 6.7
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
as · 1985 · 0.0
movieMcLaren on McLaren
as Self · 1983 · 6.5
movieGrierson
as Self (archive footage) · 1973 · 7.3
moviePinscreen
as · 1973 · 6.2
Tour en l'air
as Self · 1973 · 10.0
movieCinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
as Self · 1972 · 6.0
movieThe Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
as Self · 1970 · 8.0
movieOpening Speech
as Self · 1969 · 7.0
movieMosaic
as · 1965 · 5.5
New York Lightboard Record
as Self - Seen with Man in Hat · 1961 · 5.5
moviePen Point Percussion
as Self · 1951 · 6.1