Norman McLaren

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.

Cast

Painting with Light

Blurr Test

Beginnings

McLaren and Space

The Art of Motion

Tanguy Landscape Test

(Narrator (Voice))

Birdlings

Evelyn Lambart

Creative Process: Norman McLaren

(Himself (archive footage))

New York Lightboard Record

(Himself - seen with man in hat)

Opening Speech

(Himself)

War and Peace

(Self)

Pen Point Percussion

(Himself)

Pinscreen

McLaren on McLaren

(Himself)

The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

Daedalus

(sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren)

Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren

(Self)

Mosaic

On the Farm

Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
Crew

A Job in a Million

(Editor)

Dots and Loops

(Director)

Spheres

(Producer)

Spheres

(Animation)

Neighbours

(Director)

Dots

(Director)

Christmas Cracker

(Director)

Blinkity Blank

(Producer)

Blinkity Blank

(Animation)

Blinkity Blank

(Director)

Rock the Boat

(Director)

Begone Dull Care

(Director)

La poulette grise

(Director)

A Chairy Tale

(Director)

Loops

(Director)

Boogie-Doodle

(Director)

Pas de Deux

(Director)

Blackbird

(Director)

Rock the Boat

(Producer)

Mony a Pickle

(Director)

Mail Early for Christmas

(Director)

Snakes

(Director)

Pen Point Percussion

(Director)

Ballet Adagio

(Director)

Mosaic

(Director)

Camera Makes Whoopee

(Editor)

New York Lightboard Record

(Director)

New York Lightboard Record

(Producer)

Synchromy

(Director)

Spook Sport

(Director)

Rythmetic

(Director)

A Phantasy

(Director)

Opening Speech

(Director)

On the Farm

(Director)

Up There in the Mountains

(Director)

Defence of Madrid

(Cinematography)

Fiddle De-Dee

(Director)

Canon

(Director)

Hen Hop

(Director)

Serenal

(Director)

Love on the Wing

(Director)

A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting

(Director)

Spheres

(Director)

Hoppity Pop

(Director)

Lines: Vertical

(Director)

Lines: Horizontal

(Director)

Two Bagatelles

(Director)

Alouette

(Director)

Mail Early

(Director)

Dollar Dance

(Director)

Keep Your Mouth Shut

(Director)

Chants populaires nº 5

(Director)

V for Victory

(Director)

Stars and Stripes

(Director)

The Obedient Flame

(Director)

Short and Suite

(Director)

Animated Motion: Part 1

(Director)

5 for 4

(Director)

Scherzo

(Director)

Animated Motion: Part 4

(Director)

Animated Motion: Part 2

(Director)

Animated Motion: Part 3

(Director)

Animated Motion: Part 5

(Director)

Narcissus

(Director)

NBC Valentine Greeting

(Director)

Hell Unltd

(Director)

Creative Process: Norman McLaren

(Compositor)

Around Is Around

(Animation Director)

Now Is the Time

(Sound Designer)

Now Is the Time

(Producer)

Around Is Around

(Director)

Now Is the Time

(Animation Director)

Now Is the Time

(Director)

Twirligig

(Producer)

Camera Makes Whoopee

(Director)

Book Bargain

(Director)

Polychrome Fantasy

(Director)

News for the Navy

(Director)

7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings

(Director)

A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949

(Director)

Opening Speech

(Writer)

Blinkity Blank

(Writer)

Six and Seven-Eighths

(Director)

Pinscreen

(Director)

Spook Sport

(Producer)

Begone Dull Care

(Editor)

Begone Dull Care

(Animation)

Two Bagatelles

(Music)

Ballet Adagio

(Producer)

Neighbours

(Music)

Neighbours

(Writer)

Neighbours

(Animation)

Neighbours

(Producer)

Fiddle De-Dee

(Animation)

A Phantasy

(Animation)

Boogie-Doodle

(Animation)

A Phantasy

(Producer)

Boogie-Doodle

(Producer)

Mail Early

(Animation)

Mail Early

(Producer)

The Seasons

(Director)

The Corridor

(Director)

Out-of-Focus Cloudscape

(Director)

McLaren at Play

(Director)

Blurr Test

(Director)

Little Negro

(Director)

Chaplin Test

(Director)

Pen Drawings

(Director)

Birdlings

(Director)

The Hypnosis Film

(Director)

Surrealistic Hand Drawing

(Director)

Ballet Adagio

(Animation)

Seven Surprizes

(Director)

Mosaic

(Producer)

Mosaic

(Music)

Mosaic

(Animation)

Test A for Synchromy

(Director)

Test B For Synchromy

(Director)

Doors

(Director)

The Head Test

(Director)

Barrel Zoom

(Director)

A Rainy Day

(Producer)

Chants populaires nº 6

(Director)

Korean Alphabet

(Music)

The Flicker Film

(Director)

5 for 4

(Producer)

5 for 4

(Animation)

Dots

(Producer)

Mail Early for Christmas

(Producer)

Dots

(Animation)

Mail Early for Christmas

(Animation)

Hoppity Pop

(Animation)

Hoppity Pop

(Producer)

V for Victory

(Producer)

Loops

(Producer)

V for Victory

(Animation)

Loops

(Animation)

Scherzo

(Producer)

Hen Hop

(Animation)

Hen Hop

(Producer)

Lines: Horizontal

(Producer)

Lines: Vertical

(Animation)

Lines: Horizontal

(Animation)

Lines: Vertical

(Producer)

Camera Makes Whoopee

(Producer)

Camera Makes Whoopee

(Writer)