Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren

Birthday: 1914-04-11
Deathday: 1987-02-27
Place of birth: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Also know as: N. McLaren

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.

Filmography

Creative Process: Norman McLaren

1990

As Himself (archive footage)

New York Lightboard Record

1961

As Himself - seen with man in hat

Pin Screen

1973

As

Pen Point Percussion

1951

As Himself

McLaren on McLaren

1983

As Himself

The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

1970

As

Opening Speech

1961

As Himself

Cinéastes de notre temps: Norman McLaren: Né en 1914

1972

As Self

Mosaic

1965

As

On the Farm

2003

As

Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

1985

As

War and Peace

2005

As Self

Beginnings

2006

As

McLaren and Space

2006

As

Painting with Light

2006

As

Blurr Test

2006

As

The Art of Motion

2006

As

Birdlings

2006

As

Evelyn Lambart

2006

As

Tanguy Landscape Test

2006

As Narrator (Voice)

Production

Neighbours

1952

As Director

Dots

1940

As Director

Christmas Cracker

1963

As Director

Blinkity Blank

1955

As Director

Blinkity Blank

1955

As Animation

Blinkity Blank

1955

As Producer

Loops

1940

As Director

Duo

1968

As Director

Begone Dull Care

1949

As Director

Rock the Boat

1944

As Director

La poulette grise

1947

As Director

Boogie-Doodle

1941

As Director

A Chairy Tale

1957

As Director

Blackbird

1958

As Director

Mony a Pickle

1938

As Director

Mail Early for Christmas

1959

As Director

Pen Point Percussion

1951

As Director

Mosaic

1965

As Director

Ballet Adagio

1972

As Director

New York Lightboard Record

1961

As Director

New York Lightboard Record

1961

As Producer

Synchromy

1971

As Director

Spook Sport

1940

As Director

Rythmetic

1956

As Director

A Phantasy

1952

As Director

Lines: Vertical

1960

As Director

Lines: Horizontal

1962

As Director

NBC Valentine Greeting

1940

As Director

Scherzo

1939

As Director

Stars and Stripes

1939

As Director

Hell Unltd

1936

As Director

Opening Speech

1961

As Director

Canon

1964

As Director

On the Farm

2003

As Director

Up There in the Mountains

1946

As Director

Fiddle-de-dee

1947

As Director

Hen Hop

1942

As Director

Spheres

1969

As Director

Hoppity Pop

1946

As Director

Two Bagatelles

1953

As Director

A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting

1946

As Director

Love on the Wing

1939

As Director

Serenal

1959

As Director

Animated Motion: Part 1

1976

As Director

Animated Motion: Part 4

1977

As Director

Animated Motion: Part 5

1978

As Director

Dollar Dance

1943

As Director

Chants populaires

1944

As Director

Alouette

1944

As Director

Keep Your Mouth Shut

1944

As Director

Short and Suite

1959

As Director

The Obedient Flame

1939

As Director

Narcissus

1983

As Director

Animated Motion: Part 2

1977

As Director

5 for 4

1942

As Director

Animated Motion: Part 3

1977

As Director

Mail Early

1941

As Director

V for Victory

1941

As Director

Now Is the Time

1951

As Producer

Now Is the Time

1951

As Sound Designer

Now Is the Time

1951

As Director

Around Is Around

1951

As Animation Director

Around Is Around

1951

As Director

Twirligig

1952

As Producer

Now Is the Time

1951

As Animation Director

Camera Makes Whoopee

1935

As Director

Book Bargain

1937

As Director

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

1933

As Director

News for the Navy

1937

As Director

Polychrome Fantasy

1935

As Director

Pin Screen

1973

As Director

Six and Seven-Eighths

2003

As Director

Spook Sport

1940

As Producer

Two Bagatelles

1953

As Music

Neighbours

1952

As Music

Neighbours

1952

As Writer

Neighbours

1952

As Animation

Neighbours

1952

As Producer

Mail Early

1941

As Animation

Mail Early

1941

As Producer

Doors

1959

As Director

The Head Test

1944

As Director

Barrel Zoom

1943

As Director

Korean Alphabet

1967

As Music

The Flicker Film

1961

As Director

Dots

1940

As Producer

5 for 4

1942

As Animation

Mail Early for Christmas

1959

As Animation

Dots

1940

As Animation

Hoppity Pop

1946

As Producer

Loops

1940

As Animation

5 for 4

1942

As Producer

Hoppity Pop

1946

As Animation

Mail Early for Christmas

1959

As Producer

Hen Hop

1942

As Producer

Hen Hop

1942

As Animation

Scherzo

1939

As Producer

V for Victory

1941

As Animation

Loops

1940

As Producer

V for Victory

1941

As Producer

Lines: Horizontal

1962

As Producer

Lines: Vertical

1960

As Animation

Lines: Horizontal

1962

As Animation

Lines: Vertical

1960

As Producer

Camera Makes Whoopee

1935

As Writer

Camera Makes Whoopee

1935

As Producer

A Job in a Million

1937

As Editor

Camera Makes Whoopee

1935

As Editor

A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949

1949

As Director

Begone Dull Care

1949

As Editor

Begone Dull Care

1949

As Animation

Dots and Loops

1948

As Director

Spheres

1969

As Animation

Spheres

1969

As Producer

Rock the Boat

1944

As Producer

Snakes

1943

As Director

Defence of Madrid

1936

As Cinematography

Creative Process: Norman McLaren

1990

As Compositor

Ballet Adagio

1972

As Producer

A Phantasy

1952

As Producer

A Phantasy

1952

As Animation

Boogie-Doodle

1941

As Producer

Boogie-Doodle

1941

As Animation

The Corridor

1950

As Director

McLaren at Play

2006

As Director

Out-of-Focus Cloudscape

2006

As Director

Blurr Test

2006

As Director

The Seasons

2006

As Director

Little Negro

2006

As Director

Chaplin Test

2006

As Director

Birdlings

2006

As Director

Surrealistic Hand Drawing

2006

As Director

Pen Drawings

2006

As Director

The Hypnosis Film

2006

As Director

Ballet Adagio

1972

As Animation

Mosaic

1965

As Animation

Mosaic

1965

As Producer

Mosaic

1965

As Music

Blinkity Blank

1955

As Writer

Opening Speech

1961

As Writer

Fiddle-de-dee

1947

As Animation

Seven Surprizes

1963

As Director