Directing · b. 1914 · Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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.

Directed
The Seasons 2006 Out-of-Focus Cloudscape 2006 McLaren at Play 2006 Blurr Test 2006 Little Negro 2006 Chaplin Test 2006 Pen Drawings 2006 Birdlings 2006 The Hypnosis Film 2006 Surrealistic Hand Drawing 2006 On the Farm 2003 Six and Seven-Eighths 2003 Narcissus 1983 Animated Motion: Part 5 1978 Animated Motion: Part 4 1977 Animated Motion: Part 2 1977 Animated Motion: Part 3 1977 Animated Motion: Part 1 1976 Pinscreen 1973 Ballet Adagio 1972 Synchromy 1971 Opening Speech 1969 Spheres 1969 Pas de Deux 1968 Mosaic 1965 Canon 1964 Christmas Cracker 1963 Seven Surprizes 1963 Lines: Horizontal 1962 New York Lightboard Record 1961 The Flicker Film 1961 New York Lightboard 1961 Lines: Vertical 1960 Test A for Synchromy 1960 Test B For Synchromy 1960 Mail Early for Christmas 1959 Serenal 1959 Short and Suite 1959 Doors 1959 Blackbird 1958 A Chairy Tale 1957 Rythmetic 1956 Blinkity Blank 1955 Two Bagatelles 1953 Neighbours 1952 A Phantasy 1952 Pen Point Percussion 1951 Around Is Around 1951 Now Is the Time 1951 The Corridor 1950 The Seasons 1950 Pas de deux 5 1950 Begone Dull Care 1949 A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 1949 Leapfrog 1949 McLaren in Ottawa 1949 Dots and Loops 1948 Colour Flicker 1948 La poulette grise 1947 Fiddle De-Dee 1947 Up There in the Mountains 1946 A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting 1946 Hoppity Pop 1946 Chants populaires nº 6 1946 Rock the Boat 1944 Alouette 1944 Keep Your Mouth Shut 1944 The Head Test 1944 Snakes 1943 Dollar Dance 1943 Chants populaires nº 5 1943 Barrel Zoom 1943 Hen Hop 1942 5 for 4 1942 Boogie-Doodle 1941 Mail Early 1941 V for Victory 1941 Dots 1940 Loops 1940 Spook Sport 1940 NBC Valentine Greeting 1940 Love on the Wing 1939 Stars and Stripes 1939 The Obedient Flame 1939 Scherzo 1939 Allegro 1939 Mony a Pickle 1938 Book Bargain 1937 News for the Navy 1937 Hell Unltd 1936 McLaren Homemovie 1936 Camera Makes Whoopee 1935 Polychrome Fantasy 1935 7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings 1933
Acting
Daedalus sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren 2024 Jacques Drouin: In Relief Archive Footage 2009 Painting with Light 2006 Beginnings 2006 McLaren and Space 2006 The Art of Motion 2006 Tanguy Landscape Test Narrator (voice) 2006 Evelyn Lambart 2006 War and Peace Self 2005 Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short 1985 McLaren on McLaren Self 1983 Grierson Self (archive footage) 1973 Tour en l'air Self 1973 Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren Self 1972 The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees Self 1970
Other Credits
Creative Process: Norman McLaren Original Music Composer 1990 Korean Alphabet Music 1967 Twirligig Producer 1952 A Rainy Day Producer 1944 A Job in a Million Editor 1937 Defence of Madrid Cinematography 1936
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