Norman McLaren
Known for: Directing
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.
Filmography
Film
Pinscreen
1973
Evelyn Lambart
2006
Film
Mosaic
1965
Film
Grierson
Self (archive footage)
1973
Film
Opening Speech
Self
1969
Film
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
Archive Footage
2009
Film
Pen Point Percussion
Self
1951
Beginnings
2006
Film
Daedalus
sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
2024
Tour en l'air
Self
1973
Film
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
Self
1972
Birdlings
2006
On the Farm
2003
Film
War and Peace
Self
2005
Blurr Test
2006
Film
McLaren on McLaren
Self
1983
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
1985
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
Self
1970
Painting with Light
2006
The Art of Motion
2006
New York Lightboard Record
Self - Seen with Man in Hat
1961
Tanguy Landscape Test
Narrator (voice)
2006
McLaren and Space
2006