Norman McLaren
Actor
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.
Born1914-04-11
Place of BirthStirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Known For
Evelyn Lambart
DocumentaryAnimation
6.2
Pinscreen
DocumentaryAnimation
7.0
Opening Speech
AnimationComedy
5.5
Mosaic
Animation
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
DocumentaryAnimation
7.3
Grierson
Documentary
8.0
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
Documentary
10.0
Tour en l'air
Documentary
10.0
Daedalus
MusicMystery
Birdlings
DocumentaryAnimation
6.0
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
Documentary
Beginnings
DocumentaryAnimation
6.1
Pen Point Percussion
AnimationDocumentary
Blurr Test
Animation
War and Peace
Documentary
6.5
McLaren on McLaren
6.7
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Documentary
McLaren and Space
DocumentaryAnimation
6.0
On the Farm
Comedy
5.5
New York Lightboard Record
DocumentaryAnimation
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
Painting with Light
DocumentaryAnimation
The Art of Motion
DocumentaryAnimation
Tanguy Landscape Test
AnimationDocumentary