Norman McLaren
Birthday
1914/04/11
Day of death
1987/02/27 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Also know as
N. McLaren, 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.
Acting
(2006) Painting with Light
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(2006) Blurr Test
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(2006) Beginnings
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(2006) McLaren and Space
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(2006) The Art of Motion
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(2006) Tanguy Landscape Test
as Narrator (voice)
(2006) Birdlings
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(2006) Evelyn Lambart
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(1990) Creative Process: Norman McLaren
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) New York Lightboard Record
as Self - Seen with Man in Hat
(1969) Opening Speech
as Self
(2005) War and Peace
as Self
(1951) Pen Point Percussion
as Self
(1973) Pinscreen
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(1983) McLaren on McLaren
as Self
(1970) The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
as Self
(2024) Daedalus
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
(1972) Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
as Self
(1965) Mosaic
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(2003) On the Farm
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(1985) Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
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(1973) Grierson
as Self (archive footage)
(1973) Tour en l'air
as Self
(2009) Jacques Drouin: In Relief
as Archive Footage