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
Daedalus
2024
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
2009
as Archive Footage
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Painting with Light
2006
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Blurr Test
2006
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Beginnings
2006
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McLaren and Space
2006
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The Art of Motion
2006
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Tanguy Landscape Test
2006
as Narrator (voice)
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Birdlings
2006
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Evelyn Lambart
2006
War and Peace
2005
as Self
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On the Farm
2003
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Creative Process: Norman McLaren
1990
as Self (archive footage)
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Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1985
McLaren on McLaren
1983
as Self
Grierson
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Pinscreen
1973
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Tour en l'air
1973
as Self
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
1972
as Self
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
1970
as Self
Opening Speech
1969
as Self
Mosaic
1965
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New York Lightboard Record
1961
as Self - Seen with Man in Hat
Pen Point Percussion
1951
as Self