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
Cast Credits
Daedalus
Character: sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
MOVIE • 2024
Beginnings
Character:
MOVIE • 2006
McLaren and Space
Character:
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Painting with Light
Character:
MOVIE • 2006
Blurr Test
Character:
MOVIE • 2006
The Art of Motion
Character:
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Evelyn Lambart
Character:
MOVIE • 2006
Birdlings
Character:
MOVIE • 2006
Tanguy Landscape Test
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 2006
War and Peace
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2005
On the Farm
Character:
MOVIE • 2003
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1990
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
Character:
MOVIE • 1985
McLaren on McLaren
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1983
Grierson
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1973
Pinscreen
Character:
MOVIE • 1973
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1972
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1970
Mosaic
Character:
MOVIE • 1965
New York Lightboard Record
Character: Self - Seen with Man in Hat
MOVIE • 1961
Crew
Crew Credits
Little Negro
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
McLaren at Play
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Blurr Test
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
The Seasons
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Birdlings
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Chaplin Test
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
Pen Drawings
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
The Hypnosis Film
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2006
On the Farm
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2003
Six and Seven-Eighths
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2003
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 1990
Narcissus
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1983
Animated Motion: Part 5
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1978
Animated Motion: Part 4
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Animated Motion: Part 3
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Animated Motion: Part 2
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Animated Motion: Part 1
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Pinscreen
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1973