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Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren

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Born: April 11, 1914 · Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died: February 27, 1987 (age 72)

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

Neighbours
January 1, 1952
Begone Dull Care
October 1, 1949
Pas de Deux
October 1, 1968
Blinkity Blank
April 25, 1955
Dots
January 1, 1940
A Chairy Tale
September 18, 1957
Loops
December 31, 1940
Spook Sport
January 1, 1940
Boogie-Doodle
December 21, 1941
Rock the Boat
December 31, 1944
Blackbird
December 1, 1958
Synchromy
June 9, 1971

Behind the camera101

2006McLaren at Play Director
2006Out-of-Focus Cloudscape Director
2006Blurr Test Director
2006The Seasons Director
2006Little Negro Director
2006Chaplin Test Director
2006Birdlings Director
2006Surrealistic Hand Drawing Director
2006Pen Drawings Director
2006The Hypnosis Film Director

2006Tanguy Landscape Test Director

2003On the Farm Director

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2003Six and Seven-Eighths Director
1990Creative Process: Norman McLaren Original Music Composer
1983Narcissus Director
1978Animated Motion: Part 5 Director
1977Animated Motion: Part 2 Director
1977Animated Motion: Part 3 Director
1977Animated Motion: Part 4 Director
1976Animated Motion: Part 1 Director
1973Pinscreen Director
1972Ballet Adagio Director, Producer, Animation
1971Synchromy Director
1969Opening Speech Director, Writer
1969Spheres Animation, Producer, Director
1968Pas de Deux Director
1967Korean Alphabet Music
1965Mosaic Director, Animation, Producer, Music
1964Canon Director
1963Christmas Cracker Director
1963Seven Surprizes Director
1962Lines: Horizontal Director, Animation, Producer
1961New York Lightboard Record Director, Producer
1961The Flicker Film Director
1961New York Lightboard Director
1960Lines: Vertical Director, Animation, Producer
1960Test A for Synchromy Director
1960Test B For Synchromy Director
1959Doors Director
1959Mail Early for Christmas Director, Producer, Animation
1959Serenal Director
1959Short and Suite Director
1958Blackbird Director
1957A Chairy Tale Director
1956Rythmetic Director
1955Blinkity Blank Director, Producer, Animation, Writer
1953Two Bagatelles Director, Music
1952Neighbours Director, Writer, Producer, Animation, Music
1952A Phantasy Director, Producer, Animation
1952Twirligig Producer
1951Now Is the Time Director, Producer, Sound Designer, Animation Director
1951Pen Point Percussion Director, Producer
1951Around Is Around Director, Animation Director
1950The Corridor Director
1950Pas de deux 5 Director
1950The Seasons Director
1949Begone Dull Care Director, Editor, Animation
1949A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 Director
1949Leapfrog Director
1949McLaren in Ottawa Director
1948Colour Flicker Director
1948Dots and Loops Director
1947La poulette grise Director
1947Fiddle De-Dee Director, Animation
1946Chants populaires nº 6 Director
1946Up There in the Mountains Director
1946A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting Director
1946Hoppity Pop Director, Producer, Animation
1944Rock the Boat Director, Producer
1944Keep Your Mouth Shut Director
1944Alouette Director
1944The Head Test Director
1944A Rainy Day Producer
1943Chants populaires nº 5 Director
1943Snakes Director
1943Barrel Zoom Director
1943Dollar Dance Director
1942Hen Hop Director, Producer, Animation
19425 for 4 Director, Producer, Animation
1941Boogie-Doodle Director, Producer, Animation
1941Mail Early Director, Producer, Animation
1941V for Victory Director, Producer, Animation
1940Loops Director, Producer, Animation
1940NBC Valentine Greeting Director
1940Dots Director, Producer, Animation
1940Spook Sport Director, Producer
1939Scherzo Director, Producer
1939Stars and Stripes Director
1939Love on the Wing Director
1939The Obedient Flame Director
1939Allegro Director
1938Mony a Pickle Director
1937A Job in a Million Editor
1937News for the Navy Director
1937Book Bargain Director
1936Defence of Madrid Cinematography
1936Hell Unltd Director
1936McLaren Homemovie Director
1935Camera Makes Whoopee Editor, Director, Writer, Producer
1935Polychrome Fantasy Director
19337 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings Director

Acting24

2024Daedalus as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
2009Jacques Drouin: In Relief as Archive Footage
2006Beginnings
2006McLaren and Space
2006Painting with Light
2006Blurr Test
2006The Art of Motion
2006Birdlings
2006Evelyn Lambart
2006Tanguy Landscape Test as Narrator (voice)
2005War and Peace as Self
2003On the Farm

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1990Creative Process: Norman McLaren as Self (archive footage)
1985Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1983McLaren on McLaren as Self
1973Grierson as Self (archive footage)
1973Pinscreen
1973Tour en l'air as Self
1972Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren as Self
1970The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees as Self
1969Opening Speech as Self
1965Mosaic
1961

New York Lightboard Record as Self - Seen with Man in Hat

1951Pen Point Percussion as Self