Norman McLaren
Director
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
6.2
Pinscreen
DocumentaryAnimation
7.1
Ballet Adagio
Music
5.5
Mosaic
Animation
6.2
Spheres
AnimationMusic
6.8
Synchromy
Animation
Chaplin Test
Animation
5.9
Spook Sport
AnimationMusic
7.0
Opening Speech
AnimationComedy
5.7
Two Bagatelles
ComedyAnimation
7.6
Neighbours
ComedyAnimation
6.9
Begone Dull Care
AnimationMusic
6.7
Pas de Deux
MusicDrama
6.2
A Phantasy
FantasyAnimation
6.2
Canon
AnimationMusic
6.2
Dots
Animation
4.1
Hoppity Pop
AnimationMusic
7.0
Chants populaires nº 5
AnimationMusic
The Seasons
Animation
6.4
Blinkity Blank
AnimationMusic
The Seasons
Animation
5.8
Alouette
AnimationMusic
4.3
Mail Early for Christmas
Animation
5.9
Stars and Stripes
MusicAnimation
Birdlings
DocumentaryAnimation