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.
Academy Awards
Best Documentary
Full Filmography
Directing
7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings
(1933)
Director
Camera Makes Whoopee
(1935)
Director
Polychrome Fantasy
(1935)
Director
Hell Unltd
(1936)
Director
Book Bargain
(1937)
Director
News for the Navy
(1937)
Director
Mony a Pickle
(1938)
Director
Scherzo
(1939)
Director
Stars and Stripes
(1939)
Director
Love on the Wing
(1939)
Director
The Obedient Flame
(1939)
Director
Dots
(1940)
Director
Loops
(1940)
Director
Spook Sport
(1940)
Director
NBC Valentine Greeting
(1940)
Director
Boogie-Doodle
(1941)
Director
Mail Early
(1941)
Director
V for Victory
(1941)
Director
Hen Hop
(1942)
Director
5 for 4
(1942)
Director
Dollar Dance
(1943)
Director
Barrel Zoom
(1943)
Director
Snakes
(1943)
Director
Rock the Boat
(1944)
Director
Chants populaires
(1944)
Director
Alouette
(1944)
Director
Keep Your Mouth Shut
(1944)
Director
The Head Test
(1944)
Director
Up There in the Mountains
(1946)
Director
Hoppity Pop
(1946)
Director
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
(1946)
Director
La poulette grise
(1947)
Director
Fiddle-de-dee
(1947)
Director
Dots and Loops
(1948)
Director
Begone Dull Care
(1949)
Director
A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949
(1949)
Director
The Corridor
(1950)
Director
Pen Point Percussion
(1951)
Director
Now Is the Time
(1951)
Director
Around Is Around
(1951)
Director
Neighbours
(1952)
Director
A Phantasy
(1952)
Director
Two Bagatelles
(1953)
Director
Blinkity Blank
(1955)
Director
Rythmetic
(1956)
Director
A Chairy Tale
(1957)
Director
Blackbird
(1958)
Director
Mail Early for Christmas
(1959)
Director
Serenal
(1959)
Director
Short and Suite
(1959)
Director
Doors
(1959)
Director
Lines: Vertical
(1960)
Director
New York Lightboard Record
(1961)
Director
Opening Speech
(1961)
Director
The Flicker Film
(1961)
Director
Lines: Horizontal
(1962)
Director
Christmas Cracker
(1963)
Director
Canon
(1964)
Director
Mosaic
(1965)
Director
Pas de Deux
(1968)
Director
Spheres
(1969)
Director
Synchromy
(1971)
Director
Ballet Adagio
(1972)
Director
Pin Screen
(1973)
Director
Animated Motion: Part 1
(1976)
Director
Animated Motion: Part 4
(1977)
Director
Animated Motion: Part 2
(1977)
Director
Animated Motion: Part 3
(1977)
Director
Animated Motion: Part 5
(1978)
Director
Narcissus
(1983)
Director
On the Farm
(2003)
Director
Six and Seven-Eighths
(2003)
Director
McLaren at Play
(2006)
Director
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape
(2006)
Director
Blurr Test
(2006)
Director
The Seasons
(2006)
Director
Little Negro
(2006)
Director
Chaplin Test
(2006)
Director
Birdlings
(2006)
Director
Surrealistic Hand Drawing
(2006)
Director
Pen Drawings
(2006)
Director
The Hypnosis Film
(2006)
Director
Acting
Pen Point Percussion
(1951)
Himself
New York Lightboard Record
(1961)
Himself - seen with man in hat
Opening Speech
(1961)
Himself
Mosaic
(1965)
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
(1970)
Cinéastes de notre temps: Norman McLaren: Né en 1914
(1972)
Self
Pin Screen
(1973)
McLaren on McLaren
(1983)
Himself
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
(1985)
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
(1990)
Himself (archive footage)
On the Farm
(2003)
War and Peace
(2005)
Self
Beginnings
(2006)
McLaren and Space
(2006)
Painting with Light
(2006)
Blurr Test
(2006)
The Art of Motion
(2006)
Birdlings
(2006)
Tanguy Landscape Test
(2006)
Narrator (Voice)
Evelyn Lambart
(2006)
Editing
Production
Camera Makes Whoopee
(1935)
Producer
Scherzo
(1939)
Producer
Spook Sport
(1940)
Producer
Dots
(1940)
Producer
Loops
(1940)
Producer
Mail Early
(1941)
Producer
V for Victory
(1941)
Producer
Boogie-Doodle
(1941)
Producer
5 for 4
(1942)
Producer
Hen Hop
(1942)
Producer
Rock the Boat
(1944)
Producer
Hoppity Pop
(1946)
Producer
Now Is the Time
(1951)
Producer
Twirligig
(1952)
Producer
Neighbours
(1952)
Producer
A Phantasy
(1952)
Producer
Blinkity Blank
(1955)
Producer
Mail Early for Christmas
(1959)
Producer
Lines: Vertical
(1960)
Producer
New York Lightboard Record
(1961)
Producer
Lines: Horizontal
(1962)
Producer
Mosaic
(1965)
Producer
Spheres
(1969)
Producer
Ballet Adagio
(1972)
Producer
Writing
Camera Makes Whoopee
(1935)
Writer
Neighbours
(1952)
Writer
Blinkity Blank
(1955)
Writer
Opening Speech
(1961)
Writer
Crew
Visual Effects
Dots
(1940)
Animation
Loops
(1940)
Animation
Mail Early
(1941)
Animation
V for Victory
(1941)
Animation
Boogie-Doodle
(1941)
Animation
5 for 4
(1942)
Animation
Hen Hop
(1942)
Animation
Hoppity Pop
(1946)
Animation
Fiddle-de-dee
(1947)
Animation
Begone Dull Care
(1949)
Animation
Around Is Around
(1951)
Animation Director
Now Is the Time
(1951)
Animation Director
Neighbours
(1952)
Animation
A Phantasy
(1952)
Animation
Blinkity Blank
(1955)
Animation
Mail Early for Christmas
(1959)
Animation
Lines: Vertical
(1960)
Animation
Lines: Horizontal
(1962)
Animation
Mosaic
(1965)
Animation
Spheres
(1969)
Animation
Ballet Adagio
(1972)
Animation
Sound