
Norman McLaren
Directing
Born 1914-04-11 · Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland · Died 1987-02-27
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.
Acting

Daedalus
sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren

Jacques Drouin: In Relief
Archive Footage
Beginnings
McLaren and Space
Painting with Light
Blurr Test
The Art of Motion
Evelyn Lambart
Birdlings
Tanguy Landscape Test
Narrator (voice)

War and Peace
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On the Farm
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Self (archive footage)
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

McLaren on McLaren
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Grierson
Self (archive footage)

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Tour en l'air
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Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
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The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
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Opening Speech
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Mosaic
New York Lightboard Record
Self - Seen with Man in Hat

Pen Point Percussion
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Crew
Little Negro
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McLaren at Play
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Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
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Blurr Test
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The Seasons
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Birdlings
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Chaplin Test
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Surrealistic Hand Drawing
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Pen Drawings
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The Hypnosis Film
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On the Farm
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Six and Seven-Eighths
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Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Original Music Composer

Narcissus
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Animated Motion: Part 5
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Animated Motion: Part 4
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Animated Motion: Part 3
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Animated Motion: Part 2
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Animated Motion: Part 1
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Pinscreen
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