Personal Info
Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
April 11, 1914
Place of Birth:
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Daedalus | sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren |
| 2006 | Beginnings | |
| 2006 | McLaren and Space | |
| 2006 | Painting with Light | |
| 2006 | Blurr Test | |
| 2006 | The Art of Motion | |
| 2006 | Evelyn Lambart | |
| 2006 | Birdlings | |
| 2006 | Tanguy Landscape Test | Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | War and Peace | Self |
| 2003 | On the Farm | |
| 1990 | Creative Process: Norman McLaren | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short | |
| 1983 | McLaren on McLaren | Self |
| 1973 | Pinscreen | |
| 1973 | Grierson | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | Tour en l'air | Self |
| 1972 | Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren | Self |
| 1970 | The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees | Self |
| 1969 | Opening Speech | Self |
| 1965 | Mosaic | |
| 1961 | New York Lightboard Record | Self - Seen with Man in Hat |
| 1951 | Pen Point Percussion | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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