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.
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Filmography
all 105
Movies 105
Director 76
self 10
Producer 8
Voice 1
Narrator 1
Self
Norman McLaren: Animated Musician (2014)
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Director
Surrealistic Hand Drawing (2006)
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Narrator (Voice)
Tanguy Landscape Test (2006)
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Director
Birdlings (2006)
Movie
The Art of Motion (2006)
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Evelyn Lambart (2006)
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Director
Chaplin Test (2006)
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Director
The Hypnosis Film (2006)
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Director
Pen Drawings (2006)
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Director
The Seasons (2006)
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Painting with Light (2006)
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Director
Blurr Test (2006)
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Beginnings (2006)
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Director
McLaren at Play (2006)
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Director
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape (2006)
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Director
Little Negro (2006)
Movie
McLaren and Space (2006)
Movie
Self
War and Peace (2005)
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Director
Six and Seven-Eighths (2003)
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Director
On the Farm (2003)
Movie
Self
Creative Process: Norman McLaren (1990)
Movie
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short (1985)
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Director
Narcissus (1983)
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4
Self
McLaren on McLaren (1983)
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Narrator
Animated Motion: Part 5 (1978)
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Director
Animated Motion: Part 4 (1977)
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Director
Animated Motion: Part 3 (1977)
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Director
Animated Motion: Part 2 (1977)
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Director
Animated Motion: Part 1 (1976)
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Self
Pin Screen (1973)
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Director
Ballet Adagio (1972)
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Self
Cinéastes de notre temps: Norman McLaren: Né en 1914 (1972)
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Director
Synchromy (1971)
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Self
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees (1970)
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Director
Spheres (1969)
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Director
Pas de Deux (1968)
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Composer
Korean Alphabet (1967)
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Man
Mosaic (1965)
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Director
Canon (1964)
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Director
Christmas Cracker (1963)
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Director
Lines: Horizontal (1962)
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Self
Opening Speech (1961)
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Self - seen with man in hat
New York Lightboard Record (1961)
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Director
The Flicker Film (1961)
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Director
Lines: Vertical (1960)
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Director
Doors (1959)
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Director
Short and Suite (1959)
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6.25
Director
Serenal (1959)
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Director
Mail Early for Christmas (1959)
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Director
Blackbird (1958)
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Director
A Chairy Tale (1957)
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5.71
Director
Rythmetic (1956)
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Director
Blinkity Blank (1955)
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Director
Two Bagatelles (1953)
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Director
A Phantasy (1952)
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Director
Neighbours (1952)
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Producer
Twirligig (1952)
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Self
Pen Point Percussion (1951)
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Director
Now Is the Time (1951)
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Director
Around Is Around (1951)
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Director
The Corridor (1950)
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Director
Begone Dull Care (1949)
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4
Director
A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 (1949)
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Director
Dots and Loops (1948)
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Director
La poulette grise (1947)
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Director
Fiddle-de-dee (1947)
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Director
Hoppity Pop (1946)
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Director
Up There in the Mountains (1946)
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Director
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting (1946)
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Producer
Let's All Sing Together: No. 6 (1945)
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Producer
Let's All Sing Together: No. 5 (1945)
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Producer
Let's All Sing Together: No. 4 (1945)
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Producer
Let's All Sing Together: No. 3 (1945)
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Director
Rock the Boat (1944)
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7.33
Producer
Let's All Sing Together: No. 2 (1944)
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Producer
Let's All Sing Together No. 1 (1944)
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Director
Alouette (1944)
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Director
Chants populaires (1944)
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Director
Keep Your Mouth Shut (1944)
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Director
The Head Test (1944)
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Director
Snakes (1943)
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Director
Barrel Zoom (1943)
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Director
Dollar Dance (1943)
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Director
Hen Hop (1942)
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Director
5 for 4 (1942)
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Director
Mail Early (1941)
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Director
V for Victory (1941)
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Director
Boogie-Doodle (1941)
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Director
Loops (1940)
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Director
NBC Valentine Greeting (1940)
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Director
Dots (1940)
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6.33
Director
Spook Sport (1940)
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Director
Stars and Stripes (1939)
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Director
Scherzo (1939)
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Director
The Obedient Flame (1939)
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Director
Love on the Wing (1939)
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Director
Mony a Pickle (1938)
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Editor
A Job in a Million (1937)
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Director
News for the Navy (1937)
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Director
Book Bargain (1937)
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Producer
Defence of Madrid (1936)
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Director
Hell Unltd (1936)
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Director
Camera Makes Whoopee (1935)
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Director
Polychrome Fantasy (1935)
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Director
7 Till 5: A Pattern of the Day's Doings (1933)
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1914-04-11
Deathday1987-02-27 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceStirling, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known AsN. McLaren, McLaren
Awardshonorary Royal Designer for Industry, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Companion of the Order of Canada, Winsor McCay Award, Prix Albert-Tessier, Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), Molson Prize
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