Norman McLaren
Known for Directing
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
Daedalus
2024
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Grierson
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Tour en l'air
1973
as Self
Mosaic
1965
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
1970
as Self
Pinscreen
1973
Opening Speech
1969
as Self
McLaren on McLaren
1983
as Self
New York Lightboard Record
1961
as Self - Seen with Man in Hat
Pen Point Percussion
1951
as Self
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
2009
as Archive Footage
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1985
Beginnings
2006
Birdlings
2006
Tanguy Landscape Test
2006
as Narrator (voice)
On the Farm
2003
The Art of Motion
2006
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
1972
as Self
McLaren and Space
2006