Birthday:
Apr 11, 1914
Place of Birth: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Place of Birth: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Norman McLaren
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | 2006 |
| Creative Process: Norman McLaren | Himself (archive footage) | 1990 |
| New York Lightboard Record | Himself - seen with man in hat | 1961 |
| Opening Speech | Himself | 1961 |
| War and Peace | Self | 2005 |
| Pen Point Percussion | Himself | 1951 |
| Pinscreen | 1973 | |
| McLaren on McLaren | Himself | 1983 |
| The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees | 1970 | |
| Daedalus | sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren | 2024 |
| Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren | Self | 1972 |
| Mosaic | 1965 | |
| On the Farm | 2003 | |
| Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short | 1985 | Series | Cast | Year |
