Norman McLaren
Directing
Born April 11, 1914 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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
Daedalus
sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
Archive Footage
Chaplin Test
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
The Hypnosis Film
War and Peace
Self
Six and Seven-Eighths
Narcissus
McLaren on McLaren
Self
Grierson
Self (archive footage)
Pinscreen
Ballet Adagio
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
Self
Synchromy
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
Self
Opening Speech
Self
Pas de Deux
Korean Alphabet
Mosaic
Canon
Christmas Cracker
Lines: Horizontal
The Flicker Film
New York Lightboard
Doors
Mail Early for Christmas
Short and Suite
Blackbird
A Chairy Tale
Blinkity Blank
Neighbours
A Phantasy
Now Is the Time
Pen Point Percussion
Self
Around Is Around
Pas de deux 5
The Seasons
Begone Dull Care
A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949
Leapfrog
McLaren in Ottawa
Colour Flicker
Fiddle De-Dee
Chants populaires nº 6
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
Rock the Boat
Keep Your Mouth Shut
Alouette
A Rainy Day
Chants populaires nº 5
Barrel Zoom
Dollar Dance
Hen Hop
5 for 4
Boogie-Doodle
V for Victory
Loops
Dots
Spook Sport
Stars and Stripes
Love on the Wing
The Obedient Flame
Mony a Pickle
News for the Navy
Hell Unltd
McLaren Homemovie
Polychrome Fantasy