Norman McLaren
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 11, 1914
- Died
- February 27, 1987 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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
McLaren at Play
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Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
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Blurr Test
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The Seasons
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Little Negro
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Chaplin Test
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Birdlings
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Surrealistic Hand Drawing
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Pen Drawings
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The Hypnosis Film
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Tanguy Landscape Test
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On the Farm
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Six and Seven-Eighths
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Narcissus
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Animated Motion: Part 5
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Animated Motion: Part 2
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Animated Motion: Part 3
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Animated Motion: Part 4
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Animated Motion: Part 1
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Pinscreen
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Ballet Adagio
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Synchromy
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Opening Speech
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Spheres
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Pas de Deux
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Mosaic
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Canon
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Christmas Cracker
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Seven Surprizes
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Lines: Horizontal
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New York Lightboard Record
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The Flicker Film
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New York Lightboard
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Lines: Vertical
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Test A for Synchromy
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Test B For Synchromy
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Mail Early for Christmas
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Serenal
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Short and Suite
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Doors
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Blackbird
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A Chairy Tale
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Rythmetic
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Blinkity Blank
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Two Bagatelles
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Neighbours
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A Phantasy
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Pen Point Percussion
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Now Is the Time
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Around Is Around
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The Corridor
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The Seasons
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Pas de deux 5
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Begone Dull Care
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A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949
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Leapfrog
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McLaren in Ottawa
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Dots and Loops
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Colour Flicker
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La poulette grise
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Fiddle De-Dee
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Up There in the Mountains
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A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
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Hoppity Pop
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Chants populaires nº 6
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Rock the Boat
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Keep Your Mouth Shut
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Alouette
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The Head Test
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Snakes
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Dollar Dance
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Chants populaires nº 5
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Barrel Zoom
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Hen Hop
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5 for 4
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Boogie-Doodle
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V for Victory
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Mail Early
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Dots
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Loops
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Spook Sport
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NBC Valentine Greeting
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Love on the Wing
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The Obedient Flame
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Scherzo
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Stars and Stripes
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Allegro
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Mony a Pickle
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News for the Navy
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Book Bargain
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Hell Unltd
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McLaren Homemovie
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Polychrome Fantasy
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Camera Makes Whoopee
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7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings
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