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
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
11 April 1914
Death Day
27 February 1987
Place of Birth
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Also Known As
N. McLaren, McLaren
MEDIA
FILMOGRAPHY
Beginnings
2006-01-01
McLaren and Space
2006-01-01
Painting with Light
2006-01-01
Blurr Test
2006-01-01Director
The Art of Motion
2006-01-01
Birdlings
2006-01-01Director
Evelyn Lambart
2006-01-01
Tanguy Landscape Test
2006-01-01Actor
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
1990-01-01Actor, Original Music Composer
New York Lightboard Record
1961-01-01Actor, Director, Producer
Opening Speech
1969-01-02Actor, Director, Writer
War and Peace
2005-01-01Actor
Pen Point Percussion
1951-03-01Actor, Director, Producer
McLaren on McLaren
1983-05-13Actor
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
1970-05-12Actor
Pinscreen
1973-05-12Director
Daedalus
2024-07-17Actor
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
1972-07-26Actor
Mosaic
1965-07-29Director, Animation, Producer, Music
On the Farm
2003-01-14Director
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1985-01-01
Grierson
1973-09-13Actor
Tour en l'air
1973-01-01Actor
A Job in a Million
1937-01-23Editor
Dots and Loops
1948-01-01Director
Spheres
1969-01-01Animation, Producer, Director
Neighbours
1952-01-01Director, Writer, Producer, Animation, Music
Dots
1940-01-01Director, Producer, Animation
Christmas Cracker
1963-01-01Director
Blinkity Blank
1955-04-25Director, Producer, Animation, Writer
Rock the Boat
1944-12-31Director, Producer
Begone Dull Care
1949-10-01Director, Editor, Animation
La poulette grise
1947-12-31Director
A Chairy Tale
1957-12-31Director
Boogie-Doodle
1941-12-21Director, Producer, Animation
Loops
1940-12-31Director, Producer, Animation
Pas de Deux
1968-10-01Director
Blackbird
1958-12-01Director
Mony a Pickle
1938-01-01Director
Mail Early for Christmas
1959-01-01Director, Producer, Animation
Snakes
1943-04-23Director
Ballet Adagio
1972-07-29Director, Producer, Animation
Camera Makes Whoopee
1935-01-19Editor, Director, Writer, Producer
Synchromy
1971-06-09Director
Spook Sport
1940-01-01Director, Producer
Rythmetic
1956-01-19Director
A Phantasy
1952-01-01Director, Producer, Animation
Up There in the Mountains
1946-01-01Director
Defence of Madrid
1936-12-01Cinematography
Fiddle De-Dee
1947-09-03Director, Animation
Canon
1964-08-06Director
Hen Hop
1942-01-01Director, Producer, Animation
Serenal
1959-01-01Director
Love on the Wing
1939-01-01Director
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
1946-01-01Director
Hoppity Pop
1946-01-01Director, Producer, Animation
Lines: Vertical
1960-01-01Director, Animation, Producer
Lines: Horizontal
1962-01-01Director, Animation, Producer
Two Bagatelles
1953-01-01Director, Music
The Obedient Flame
1939-01-01Director
V for Victory
1941-04-10Director, Producer, Animation
Mail Early
1941-11-01Director, Producer, Animation
5 for 4
1942-01-01Director, Producer, Animation
Dollar Dance
1943-01-01Director
Keep Your Mouth Shut
1944-01-01Director
Chants populaires nº 5
1943-08-05Director
Alouette
1944-01-01Director
Short and Suite
1959-01-01Director
Animated Motion: Part 1
1976-01-01Director
Scherzo
1939-11-13Director, Producer
Stars and Stripes
1939-11-13Director
Animated Motion: Part 2
1977-01-01Director
Animated Motion: Part 3
1977-01-01Director
Animated Motion: Part 4
1977-01-01Director
Animated Motion: Part 5
1978-01-01Director
Narcissus
1983-08-18Director
NBC Valentine Greeting
1940-02-13Director
Hell Unltd
1936-09-04Director
Now Is the Time
1951-05-03Director, Producer, Sound Designer, Animation Director
Around Is Around
1951-01-01Director, Animation Director
Twirligig
1952-01-01Producer
7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings
1933-01-18Director
Polychrome Fantasy
1935-01-01Director
News for the Navy
1937-01-19Director
Book Bargain
1937-01-19Director
A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949
1949-08-01Director
Six and Seven-Eighths
2003-01-14Director
The Corridor
1950-12-31Director
McLaren at Play
2006-01-01Director
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
2006-01-01Director
The Seasons
2006-01-01Director
Little Negro
2006-01-01Director
Chaplin Test
2006-01-01Director
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
2006-01-01Director
Pen Drawings
2006-01-01Director
The Hypnosis Film
2006-01-01Director
Seven Surprizes
1963-01-01Director
Test A for Synchromy
1960-01-01Director
Test B For Synchromy
1960-01-01Director
Doors
1959-12-31Director
The Head Test
1944-01-01Director
Barrel Zoom
1943-01-09Director
A Rainy Day
1944-01-01Producer
Chants populaires nº 6
1946-09-12Director
Korean Alphabet
1967-05-12Music
The Flicker Film
1961-01-01Director
McLaren Homemovie
1936-02-01Director
Colour Flicker
1948-07-02Director
Leapfrog
1949-05-22Director
The Seasons
1950-04-22Director
McLaren in Ottawa
1949-05-03Director
Pas de deux 5
1950-05-05Director
New York Lightboard
1961-01-01Director
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