Norman McLaren

Birthday: 1914-04-11
Deathday: 1987-02-27
Birthplace: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
2006-01-01 The Seasons
2006-01-01 Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
2006-01-01 McLaren at Play
2006-01-01 Blurr Test
2006-01-01 Little Negro
2006-01-01 Chaplin Test
2006-01-01 Pen Drawings
2006-01-01 Birdlings
2006-01-01 The Hypnosis Film
2006-01-01 Surrealistic Hand Drawing
2003-01-14 On the Farm
2003-01-14 Six and Seven-Eighths
1983-08-18 Narcissus
1978-01-01 Animated Motion: Part 5
1977-01-01 Animated Motion: Part 4
1977-01-01 Animated Motion: Part 2
1977-01-01 Animated Motion: Part 3
1976-01-01 Animated Motion: Part 1
1973-05-12 Pinscreen
1972-07-29 Ballet Adagio
1971-06-09 Synchromy
1969-01-01 Spheres
1968-10-01 Pas de Deux
1965-07-29 Mosaic
1964-08-06 Canon
1963-01-01 Christmas Cracker
1963-01-01 Seven Surprizes
1962-01-01 Lines: Horizontal
1961-01-01 New York Lightboard Record
1961-01-01 Opening Speech
1961-01-01 The Flicker Film
1960-01-01 Lines: Vertical
1960-01-01 Test A for Synchromy
1960-01-01 Test B For Synchromy
1959-12-31 Doors
1959-01-01 Mail Early for Christmas
1959-01-01 Serenal
1959-01-01 Short and Suite
1958-12-01 Blackbird
1957-12-31 A Chairy Tale
1956-01-19 Rythmetic
1955-04-25 Blinkity Blank
1953-01-01 Two Bagatelles
1952-01-01 Neighbours
1952-01-01 A Phantasy
1951-03-01 Pen Point Percussion
1951-01-01 Around Is Around
1951-01-01 Now Is the Time
1950-12-31 The Corridor
1949-10-01 Begone Dull Care
1949-08-01 A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949
1948-01-01 Dots and Loops
1947-12-31 La poulette grise
1947-09-03 Fiddle De-Dee
1946-09-12 Chants populaires nº 6
1946-01-01 Up There in the Mountains
1946-01-01 A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
1946-01-01 Hoppity Pop
1944-12-31 Rock the Boat
1944-01-01 Alouette
1944-01-01 Keep Your Mouth Shut
1944-01-01 The Head Test
1943-08-05 Chants populaires nº 5
1943-04-23 Snakes
1943-01-09 Barrel Zoom
1943-01-01 Dollar Dance
1942-01-01 Hen Hop
1942-01-01 5 for 4
1941-11-01 Mail Early
1941-01-01 Boogie-Doodle
1941-01-01 V for Victory
1940-12-31 Loops
1940-02-13 NBC Valentine Greeting
1940-01-01 Dots
1940-01-01 Spook Sport
1939-11-13 Stars and Stripes
1939-11-13 Scherzo
1939-01-01 Love on the Wing
1939-01-01 The Obedient Flame
1938-01-01 Mony a Pickle
1937-01-19 Book Bargain
1937-01-19 News for the Navy
1936-09-04 Hell Unltd
1935-01-19 Camera Makes Whoopee
1935-01-01 Polychrome Fantasy
1933-01-18 7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings