Norman McLaren

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.

Known For

Daedalus

Grierson

The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

Mosaic

Pinscreen

McLaren on McLaren

Opening Speech

Jacques Drouin: In Relief

All Movies (24)

• Daedalus2024 · as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
• Jacques Drouin: In Relief2009 · as Archive Footage
• Painting with Light2006
• Blurr Test2006
• Beginnings2006
• McLaren and Space2006
• The Art of Motion2006
• Tanguy Landscape Test2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Birdlings2006
• Evelyn Lambart2006
• War and Peace2005 · as Self
• On the Farm2003
• Creative Process: Norman McLaren1990 · as Self (archive footage)
• Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short1985
• McLaren on McLaren1983 · as Self
• Grierson1973 · as Self (archive footage)
• Pinscreen1973
• Tour en l'air1973 · as Self
• Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren1972 · as Self
• The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees1970 · as Self
• Opening Speech1969 · as Self
• Mosaic1965
• New York Lightboard Record1961 · as Self - Seen with Man in Hat
• Pen Point Percussion1951 · as Self