Director
Norman McLaren
Born 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.
Directed
Neighbours
Director · 1952
Begone Dull Care
Director · 1949
Pas de Deux
Director · 1968
Blinkity Blank
Director · 1955
A Chairy Tale
Director · 1957
Dots
Director · 1940
Synchromy
Director · 1971
Loops
Director · 1940
Opening Speech
Director · 1969
Blackbird
Director · 1958
Seven Surprizes
Director · 1963
Chants populaires nº 6
Director · 1946
Allegro
Director · 1939
Ballet Adagio
Director · 1972
Boogie-Doodle
Director · 1941
Christmas Cracker
Director · 1963
A Phantasy
Director · 1952
Spook Sport
Director · 1940
Acting
Daedalus
sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren · 2024
Tour en l'air
Self · 1973
Opening Speech
Self · 1969
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
Self · 1970
Grierson
Self (archive footage) · 1973
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Self (archive footage) · 1990
Pen Point Percussion
Self · 1951
McLaren on McLaren
Self · 1983
New York Lightboard Record
Self - Seen with Man in Hat · 1961
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
Self · 1972
War and Peace
Self · 2005
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
Archive Footage · 2009
Tanguy Landscape Test
Narrator (voice) · 2006