Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1914-04-11
Day of Death
1987-02-27
Place of Birth
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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.
Filmography (24)
⭐ 10.0
Role:
sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Daedalus
2024
⭐ 0
Role:
Archive Footage
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
2009No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Beginnings
2006No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
McLaren and Space
2006No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Painting with Light
2006No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Blurr Test
2006No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
The Art of Motion
2006No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Birdlings
2006No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Evelyn Lambart
2006No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Narrator (voice)
Tanguy Landscape Test
2006
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
War and Peace
2005No Image
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Unknown
On the Farm
2003No Image
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
1990No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1985
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Self
