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) Beginnings
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(2006) McLaren and Space
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(2006) Painting with Light
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(2006) Blurr Test
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(2006) The Art of Motion
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(2006) Evelyn Lambart
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(2006) Birdlings
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(2006) Tanguy Landscape Test
as Narrator (Voice)
(1990) Creative Process: Norman McLaren
as Himself (archive footage)
(1961) New York Lightboard Record
as Himself - seen with man in hat
(1961) Opening Speech
as Himself
(2005) War and Peace
as Self
(1951) Pen Point Percussion
as Himself
(1973) Pinscreen
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(1983) McLaren on McLaren
as Himself
(1970) The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
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(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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