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Norman McLaren

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🎂 April 11, 1914📍 Stirling, Stirlingshire, ScotlandđŸ•Żïž February 27, 1987 · Age 72

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.

BODY OF WORK

Norman McLaren's Filmography

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Daedalus
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Daedalus

2024⭐ 10.0

as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren

Jacques Drouin: In Relief
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Jacques Drouin: In Relief

2009

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Blurr Test

2006
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Evelyn Lambart

2006
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Beginnings

2006
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Birdlings

2006
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Tanguy Landscape Test

2006

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Painting with Light

2006
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McLaren and Space

2006
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The Art of Motion

2006
War and Peace
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War and Peace

2005

as Self

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On the Farm

2003⭐ 6.0
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Creative Process: Norman McLaren

1990⭐ 6.7

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Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

1985
McLaren on McLaren
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McLaren on McLaren

1983⭐ 6.5

as Self

Grierson
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Grierson

1973⭐ 7.3

as Self (archive footage)

Pinscreen
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Pinscreen

1973⭐ 6.2
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Tour en l'air

1973⭐ 10.0

as Self

Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
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Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren

1972⭐ 6.0

as Self

The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
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The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

1970⭐ 8.0

as Self

Opening Speech
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Opening Speech

1969⭐ 7.0

as Self

Mosaic
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Mosaic

1965⭐ 5.5
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New York Lightboard Record

1961⭐ 5.5

as Self - Seen with Man in Hat

Pen Point Percussion
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Pen Point Percussion

1951⭐ 6.1

as Self

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