Norman McLaren
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 11, 1914 (112 years old)
Place of Birth
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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
| 2024 | Daedalussampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren | |
| 2009 | Jacques Drouin: In ReliefArchive Footage | |
| 2006 | Beginnings | |
| 2006 | McLaren and Space | |
| 2006 | Painting with Light | |
| 2006 | Blurr Test | |
| 2006 | The Art of Motion | |
| 2006 | Birdlings | |
| 2006 | Evelyn Lambart | |
| 2006 | Tanguy Landscape TestNarrator (voice) | |
| 2005 | War and PeaceSelf | |
| 2003 | On the Farm | |
| 1990 | Creative Process: Norman McLarenSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short | |
| 1983 | McLaren on McLarenSelf | |
| 1973 | Pinscreen | |
| 1973 | GriersonSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1973 | Tour en l'airSelf | |
| 1972 | Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLarenSelf | |
| 1970 | The Eye Hears, the Ear SeesSelf | |
| 1969 | Opening SpeechSelf | |
| 1965 | Mosaic | |
| 1961 | New York Lightboard RecordSelf - Seen with Man in Hat | |
| 1951 | Pen Point PercussionSelf |
| 1972 | Ballet AdagioProducer | |
| 1969 | SpheresProducer | |
| 1965 | MosaicProducer | |
| 1962 | Lines: HorizontalProducer | |
| 1961 | New York Lightboard RecordProducer | |
| 1960 | Lines: VerticalProducer | |
| 1959 | Mail Early for ChristmasProducer | |
| 1955 | Blinkity BlankProducer | |
| 1952 | TwirligigProducer | |
| 1952 | NeighboursProducer | |
| 1952 | A PhantasyProducer | |
| 1951 | Now Is the TimeProducer | |
| 1951 | Pen Point PercussionProducer | |
| 1946 | Hoppity PopProducer | |
| 1944 | Rock the BoatProducer | |
| 1944 | A Rainy DayProducer | |
| 1942 | 5 for 4Producer | |
| 1942 | Hen HopProducer | |
| 1941 | Boogie-DoodleProducer | |
| 1941 | Mail EarlyProducer | |
| 1941 | V for VictoryProducer | |
| 1940 | Spook SportProducer | |
| 1940 | DotsProducer | |
| 1940 | LoopsProducer | |
| 1939 | ScherzoProducer | |
| 1935 | Camera Makes WhoopeeProducer |
| 2006 | McLaren at PlayDirector | |
| 2006 | Out-of-Focus CloudscapeDirector | |
| 2006 | Blurr TestDirector | |
| 2006 | The SeasonsDirector | |
| 2006 | Little NegroDirector | |
| 2006 | Chaplin TestDirector | |
| 2006 | BirdlingsDirector | |
| 2006 | Surrealistic Hand DrawingDirector | |
| 2006 | Pen DrawingsDirector | |
| 2006 | The Hypnosis FilmDirector | |
| 2003 | On the FarmDirector | |
| 2003 | Six and Seven-EighthsDirector | |
| 1983 | NarcissusDirector | |
| 1978 | Animated Motion: Part 5Director | |
| 1977 | Animated Motion: Part 2Director | |
| 1977 | Animated Motion: Part 3Director | |
| 1977 | Animated Motion: Part 4Director | |
| 1976 | Animated Motion: Part 1Director | |
| 1973 | PinscreenDirector | |
| 1972 | Ballet AdagioDirector | |
| 1971 | SynchromyDirector | |
| 1969 | Opening SpeechDirector | |
| 1969 | SpheresDirector | |
| 1968 | Pas de DeuxDirector | |
| 1965 | MosaicDirector | |
| 1964 | CanonDirector | |
| 1963 | Christmas CrackerDirector | |
| 1963 | Seven SurprizesDirector | |
| 1962 | Lines: HorizontalDirector | |
| 1961 | New York Lightboard RecordDirector | |
| 1961 | The Flicker FilmDirector | |
| 1961 | New York LightboardDirector | |
| 1960 | Lines: VerticalDirector | |
| 1960 | Test A for SynchromyDirector | |
| 1960 | Test B For SynchromyDirector | |
| 1959 | Mail Early for ChristmasDirector | |
| 1959 | SerenalDirector | |
| 1959 | Short and SuiteDirector | |
| 1959 | DoorsDirector | |
| 1958 | BlackbirdDirector | |
| 1957 | A Chairy TaleDirector | |
| 1956 | RythmeticDirector | |
| 1955 | Blinkity BlankDirector | |
| 1953 | Two BagatellesDirector | |
| 1952 | NeighboursDirector | |
| 1952 | A PhantasyDirector | |
| 1951 | Pen Point PercussionDirector | |
| 1951 | Now Is the TimeDirector | |
| 1951 | Around Is AroundDirector | |
| 1950 | The CorridorDirector | |
| 1950 | The SeasonsDirector | |
| 1950 | Pas de deux 5Director | |
| 1949 | Begone Dull CareDirector | |
| 1949 | A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949Director | |
| 1949 | LeapfrogDirector | |
| 1949 | McLaren in OttawaDirector | |
| 1948 | Dots and LoopsDirector | |
| 1948 | Colour FlickerDirector | |
| 1947 | La poulette griseDirector | |
| 1947 | Fiddle De-DeeDirector | |
| 1946 | Up There in the MountainsDirector | |
| 1946 | A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century PaintingDirector | |
| 1946 | Hoppity PopDirector | |
| 1946 | Chants populaires nº 6Director | |
| 1944 | Rock the BoatDirector | |
| 1944 | Keep Your Mouth ShutDirector | |
| 1944 | AlouetteDirector | |
| 1944 | The Head TestDirector | |
| 1943 | SnakesDirector | |
| 1943 | Dollar DanceDirector | |
| 1943 | Chants populaires nº 5Director | |
| 1943 | Barrel ZoomDirector | |
| 1942 | Hen HopDirector | |
| 1942 | 5 for 4Director | |
| 1941 | Boogie-DoodleDirector | |
| 1941 | V for VictoryDirector | |
| 1941 | Mail EarlyDirector | |
| 1940 | DotsDirector | |
| 1940 | LoopsDirector | |
| 1940 | Spook SportDirector | |
| 1940 | NBC Valentine GreetingDirector | |
| 1939 | Love on the WingDirector | |
| 1939 | The Obedient FlameDirector | |
| 1939 | ScherzoDirector | |
| 1939 | Stars and StripesDirector | |
| 1939 | AllegroDirector | |
| 1938 | Mony a PickleDirector | |
| 1937 | News for the NavyDirector | |
| 1937 | Book BargainDirector | |
| 1936 | Hell UnltdDirector | |
| 1936 | McLaren HomemovieDirector | |
| 1935 | Polychrome FantasyDirector | |
| 1935 | Camera Makes WhoopeeDirector | |
| 1933 | 7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's DoingsDirector |
| 1969 | Opening SpeechWriter | |
| 1955 | Blinkity BlankWriter | |
| 1952 | NeighboursWriter | |
| 1935 | Camera Makes WhoopeeWriter |
| 1936 | Defence of MadridCinematography |