Norman McLaren

Known for: Directing
Born: April 11, 1914, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died: February 27, 1987
Movies: 121

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

Neighbours

1952

7.0

Begone Dull Care

1949

6.7

Pas de Deux

1968

6.4

Blinkity Blank

1955

6.2

Dots

1940

6.8

A Chairy Tale

1957

6.1

Loops

1940

5.8

Spook Sport

1940

6.1

Boogie-Doodle

1941

5.7

Rock the Boat

1944

Filmography

2024	Daedalus	sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
2009	Jacques Drouin: In Relief	Archive Footage
2006	Painting with Light
2006	Blurr Test
2006	Beginnings
2006	McLaren and Space
2006	The Art of Motion
2006	Tanguy Landscape Test	Narrator (voice)
2006	Birdlings
2006	Evelyn Lambart
2005	War and Peace	Self
2003	On the Farm
1990	Creative Process: Norman McLaren	Self (archive footage)
1985	Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1983	McLaren on McLaren	Self
1973	Grierson	Self (archive footage)
1973	Pinscreen
1973	Tour en l'air	Self
1972	Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren	Self
1970	The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees	Self
1969	Opening Speech	Self
1965	Mosaic
1961	New York Lightboard Record	Self - Seen with Man in Hat
1951	Pen Point Percussion	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

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

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