Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren

Directing

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

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Daedalus ★ 10.0 Daedalus 2024 Jacques Drouin: In Relief Jacques Drouin: In Relief 2009 Little Negro Little Negro 2006 McLaren at Play McLaren at Play 2006 Out-of-Focus Cloudscape Out-of-Focus Cloudscape 2006 Blurr Test Blurr Test 2006 The Seasons The Seasons 2006 Birdlings Birdlings 2006 Chaplin Test Chaplin Test 2006 Surrealistic Hand Drawing Surrealistic Hand Drawing 2006 Pen Drawings Pen Drawings 2006 The Hypnosis Film The Hypnosis Film 2006 Beginnings Beginnings 2006 McLaren and Space McLaren and Space 2006 Painting with Light Painting with Light 2006 The Art of Motion The Art of Motion 2006 Evelyn Lambart Evelyn Lambart 2006 Tanguy Landscape Test Tanguy Landscape Test 2006 On the Farm ★ 6.0 On the Farm 2003 Six and Seven-Eighths ★ 3.0 Six and Seven-Eighths 2003 Creative Process: Norman McLaren ★ 6.7 Creative Process: Norman McLaren 1990 Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short 1985 Narcissus ★ 5.7 Narcissus 1983 Animated Motion: Part 5 ★ 6.0 Animated Motion: Part 5 1978 Animated Motion: Part 4 ★ 5.5 Animated Motion: Part 4 1977 Animated Motion: Part 3 ★ 5.5 Animated Motion: Part 3 1977 Animated Motion: Part 2 ★ 5.8 Animated Motion: Part 2 1977 Animated Motion: Part 1 ★ 5.5 Animated Motion: Part 1 1976 Pinscreen ★ 6.2 Pinscreen 1973 Ballet Adagio ★ 7.1 Ballet Adagio 1972 Synchromy ★ 6.8 Synchromy 1971 Opening Speech ★ 7.0 Opening Speech 1969 Spheres ★ 6.2 Spheres 1969 Pas de Deux ★ 6.6 Pas de Deux 1968 Korean Alphabet ★ 7.5 Korean Alphabet 1967 Mosaic ★ 5.5 Mosaic 1965 Canon ★ 6.2 Canon 1964 Christmas Cracker ★ 7.1 Christmas Cracker 1963 Seven Surprizes ★ 9.0 Seven Surprizes 1963 Lines: Horizontal ★ 6.4 Lines: Horizontal 1962 New York Lightboard Record ★ 5.5 New York Lightboard Record 1961 The Flicker Film ★ 2.0 The Flicker Film 1961 New York Lightboard New York Lightboard 1961 Lines: Vertical ★ 5.4 Lines: Vertical 1960 Test A for Synchromy Test A for Synchromy 1960 Test B For Synchromy Test B For Synchromy 1960 Doors Doors 1959 Mail Early for Christmas ★ 4.3 Mail Early for Christmas 1959 Serenal ★ 5.8 Serenal 1959 Short and Suite ★ 6.2 Short and Suite 1959 Blackbird ★ 6.3 Blackbird 1958 A Chairy Tale ★ 6.8 A Chairy Tale 1957 Rythmetic ★ 5.4 Rythmetic 1956 Blinkity Blank ★ 6.4 Blinkity Blank 1955 Two Bagatelles ★ 5.7 Two Bagatelles 1953 Neighbours ★ 7.6 Neighbours 1952 A Phantasy ★ 6.2 A Phantasy 1952 Twirligig ★ 7.0 Twirligig 1952 Now Is the Time ★ 6.0 Now Is the Time 1951 Pen Point Percussion ★ 6.1 Pen Point Percussion 1951 Around Is Around ★ 6.5 Around Is Around 1951 The Corridor The Corridor 1950 Pas de deux 5 Pas de deux 5 1950 The Seasons The Seasons 1950 Begone Dull Care ★ 6.9 Begone Dull Care 1949 A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 1949 Leapfrog Leapfrog 1949 McLaren in Ottawa McLaren in Ottawa 1949 Colour Flicker Colour Flicker 1948 Dots and Loops ★ 6.0 Dots and Loops 1948 La poulette grise ★ 5.7 La poulette grise 1947 Fiddle De-Dee ★ 5.5 Fiddle De-Dee 1947 Chants populaires nº 6 ★ 9.0 Chants populaires nº 6 1946 Up There in the Mountains ★ 6.2 Up There in the Mountains 1946 A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting ★ 6.9 A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting 1946 Hoppity Pop ★ 4.1 Hoppity Pop 1946 Rock the Boat ★ 5.7 Rock the Boat 1944 Keep Your Mouth Shut ★ 6.5 Keep Your Mouth Shut 1944 Alouette ★ 5.8 Alouette 1944 The Head Test The Head Test 1944