Norman 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Beginnings
2006
McLaren and Space
2006
Painting with Light
2006
Blurr Test
2006
The Art of Motion
2006
Birdlings
2006
Evelyn Lambart
2006
Tanguy Landscape Test
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
as Self (archive footage)
1990
New York Lightboard Record
as Self - Seen with Man in Hat
1961
Opening Speech
as Self
1969
War and Peace
as Self
2005
Pen Point Percussion
as Self
1951
McLaren on McLaren
as Self
1983
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
as Self
1970
Pinscreen
1973
Daedalus
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
2024
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
as Self
1972
Mosaic
1965
On the Farm
2003