Directing
Norman McLaren
Born April 11, 1914 Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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.
Directed Films
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Chaplin Test
2006·Animation
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Surrealistic Hand Drawing
2006·Animation
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The Hypnosis Film
2006·Animation
3.0
Six and Seven-Eighths
2003
5.7
Narcissus
1983
6.2
Pinscreen
1973·Documentary
7.1
Ballet Adagio
1972·Music
6.8
Synchromy
1971·Animation
7.0
Opening Speech
1969·Animation
6.6
Pas de Deux
1968·Music
5.5
Mosaic
1965·Animation
6.2
Canon
1964·Animation
7.1
Christmas Cracker
1963·Family
6.4
Lines: Horizontal
1962·Animation
2.0
The Flicker Film
1961·Animation
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New York Lightboard
1961·Animation
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Doors
1959·Animation
4.3
Mail Early for Christmas
1959·Animation
6.2
Short and Suite
1959·Animation
6.3
Blackbird
1958·Animation
6.8
A Chairy Tale
1957·Comedy
6.4
Blinkity Blank
1955·Animation
7.6
Neighbours
1952·Comedy
6.2
A Phantasy
1952·Fantasy
Also Appeared In
10.0
Daedalus
2024·Music
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Jacques Drouin: In Relief
2009·Documentary
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War and Peace
2005·Documentary
6.5
McLaren on McLaren
1983
7.3
Grierson
1973·Documentary
6.2
Pinscreen
1973·Documentary
6.0
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
1972·Documentary
8.0
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
1970·Documentary
7.0
Opening Speech
1969·Animation
5.5
Mosaic
1965·Animation
6.1
Pen Point Percussion
1951·Animation