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Norman McLaren

Apr 11, 1914 - Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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 Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	2006	Beginnings
Movie	2006	McLaren and Space
Movie	2006	Painting with Light
Movie	2006	Blurr Test
Movie	2006	The Art of Motion
Movie	2006	Evelyn Lambart
Movie	2006	Birdlings
Movie	2006	Tanguy Landscape Test	Narrator (voice)
Movie	1990	Creative Process: Norman McLaren	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1961	New York Lightboard Record	Self - Seen with Man in Hat
Movie	1961	Opening Speech	Self
Movie	2005	War and Peace	Self
Movie	1951	Pen Point Percussion	Self
Movie	1973	Pinscreen
Movie	1983	McLaren on McLaren	Self
Movie	1970	The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees	Self
Movie	2024	Daedalus	sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Movie	1972	Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren	Self
Movie	1965	Mosaic
Movie	2003	On the Farm
Movie	1985	Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
Movie	1973	Grierson	Self (archive footage)

Crew

Media
Movie	1937	A Job in a Million	Editor	Editing
Movie	1948	Dots and Loops	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Spheres	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1969	Spheres	Producer	Production
Movie	1952	Neighbours	Director	Directing
Movie	1940	Dots	Director	Directing
Movie	1963	Christmas Cracker	Director	Directing
Movie	1955	Blinkity Blank	Director	Directing
Movie	1955	Blinkity Blank	Producer	Production
Movie	1955	Blinkity Blank	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1944	Rock the Boat	Director	Directing
Movie	1949	Begone Dull Care	Director	Directing
Movie	1947	La poulette grise	Director	Directing
Movie	1957	A Chairy Tale	Director	Directing
Movie	1941	Boogie-Doodle	Director	Directing
Movie	1940	Loops	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Pas de Deux	Director	Directing
Movie	1958	Blackbird	Director	Directing
Movie	1944	Rock the Boat	Producer	Production
Movie	1938	Mony a Pickle	Director	Directing
Movie	1959	Mail Early for Christmas	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	Snakes	Director	Directing
Movie	1951	Pen Point Percussion	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Mosaic	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	Ballet Adagio	Director	Directing
Movie	1935	Camera Makes Whoopee	Editor	Editing
Movie	1961	New York Lightboard Record	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	New York Lightboard Record	Producer	Production
Movie	1971	Synchromy	Director	Directing
Movie	1940	Spook Sport	Director	Directing
Movie	1956	Rythmetic	Director	Directing
Movie	1952	A Phantasy	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Opening Speech	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	On the Farm	Director	Directing
Movie	1936	Defence of Madrid	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1946	Up There in the Mountains	Director	Directing
Movie	1947	Fiddle De-Dee	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	Canon	Director	Directing
Movie	1942	Hen Hop	Director	Directing
Movie	1959	Serenal	Director	Directing
Movie	1939	Love on the Wing	Director	Directing
Movie	1946	A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Spheres	Director	Directing
Movie	1946	Hoppity Pop	Director	Directing
Movie	1962	Lines: Horizontal	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Lines: Vertical	Director	Directing
Movie	1953	Two Bagatelles	Director	Directing
Movie	1942	5 for 4	Director	Directing
Movie	1944	Keep Your Mouth Shut	Director	Directing
Movie	1941	V for Victory	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	Dollar Dance	Director	Directing
Movie	1959	Short and Suite	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Animated Motion: Part 4	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Animated Motion: Part 3	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Animated Motion: Part 5	Director	Directing
Movie	1983	Narcissus	Director	Directing
Movie	1939	Scherzo	Director	Directing
Movie	1941	Mail Early	Director	Directing
Movie	1939	Stars and Stripes	Director	Directing
Movie	1939	The Obedient Flame	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	Chants populaires nº 5	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Animated Motion: Part 1	Director	Directing
Movie	1944	Alouette	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Animated Motion: Part 2	Director	Directing
Movie	1940	NBC Valentine Greeting	Director	Directing
Movie	1936	Hell Unltd	Director	Directing
Movie	1951	Now Is the Time	Director	Directing
Movie	1951	Around Is Around	Director	Directing
Movie	1952	Twirligig	Producer	Production
Movie	1951	Now Is the Time	Sound Designer	Sound
Movie	1951	Around Is Around	Animation Director	Visual Effects
Movie	1951	Now Is the Time	Animation Director	Visual Effects
Movie	1951	Now Is the Time	Producer	Production
Movie	1935	Camera Makes Whoopee	Director	Directing
Movie	1933	7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings	Director	Directing
Movie	1935	Polychrome Fantasy	Director	Directing
Movie	1937	Book Bargain	Director	Directing
Movie	1937	News for the Navy	Director	Directing
Movie	1949	A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949	Director	Directing
Movie	1961	Opening Speech	Writer	Writing
Movie	1955	Blinkity Blank	Writer	Writing
Movie	2003	Six and Seven-Eighths	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	Pinscreen	Director	Directing
Movie	1940	Spook Sport	Producer	Production
Movie	1949	Begone Dull Care	Editor	Editing
Movie	1949	Begone Dull Care	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1953	Two Bagatelles	Music	Sound
Movie	1972	Ballet Adagio	Producer	Production
Movie	1952	Neighbours	Music	Sound
Movie	1952	Neighbours	Writer	Writing
Movie	1952	Neighbours	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1952	Neighbours	Producer	Production
Movie	1947	Fiddle De-Dee	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1952	A Phantasy	Producer	Production
Movie	1941	Boogie-Doodle	Producer	Production
Movie	1952	A Phantasy	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1941	Boogie-Doodle	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1941	Mail Early	Producer	Production
Movie	1941	Mail Early	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1950	The Corridor	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Little Negro	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	McLaren at Play	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Out-of-Focus Cloudscape	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Blurr Test	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	The Seasons	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Birdlings	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Chaplin Test	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Surrealistic Hand Drawing	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Pen Drawings	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	The Hypnosis Film	Director	Directing
Movie	1972	Ballet Adagio	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1963	Seven Surprizes	Director	Directing
Movie	1965	Mosaic	Music	Sound
Movie	1965	Mosaic	Producer	Production
Movie	1965	Mosaic	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1960	Test A for Synchromy	Director	Directing
Movie	1960	Test B For Synchromy	Director	Directing
Movie	1959	Doors	Director	Directing
Movie	1944	The Head Test	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	Barrel Zoom	Director	Directing
Movie	1944	A Rainy Day	Producer	Production
Movie	1946	Chants populaires nº 6	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Korean Alphabet	Music	Sound
Movie	1961	The Flicker Film	Director	Directing
Movie	1941	V for Victory	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1940	Loops	Producer	Production
Movie	1946	Hoppity Pop	Producer	Production
Movie	1946	Hoppity Pop	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1942	5 for 4	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1940	Loops	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1959	Mail Early for Christmas	Producer	Production
Movie	1939	Scherzo	Producer	Production
Movie	1940	Dots	Producer	Production
Movie	1940	Dots	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1959	Mail Early for Christmas	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1941	V for Victory	Producer	Production
Movie	1942	5 for 4	Producer	Production
Movie	1942	Hen Hop	Producer	Production
Movie	1942	Hen Hop	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1960	Lines: Vertical	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1962	Lines: Horizontal	Animation	Visual Effects
Movie	1962	Lines: Horizontal	Producer	Production
Movie	1960	Lines: Vertical	Producer	Production
Movie	1935	Camera Makes Whoopee	Producer	Production
Movie	1935	Camera Makes Whoopee	Writer	Writing
Movie	1990	Creative Process: Norman McLaren	Original Music Composer	Sound
Movie	1936	McLaren Homemovie	Director	Directing
Movie	1951	Pen Point Percussion	Producer	Production
Movie	1948	Colour Flicker	Director	Directing
Movie	1949	Leapfrog	Director	Directing
Movie	1950	The Seasons	Director	Directing
Movie	1949	McLaren in Ottawa	Director	Directing