Norman McLaren

Scottish Canadian animator (1914-1987)

William Norman McLaren was a Scottish-Canadian animator, director and producer 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 hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. McLaren was also an artist and printmaker, and explored his interest in dance in his films.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 81 films (1934–1973) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 87 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1973	Ballet adagio	Pyramid	10	16mm	Color	sound
1973	Pinscreen ▶	Norman McLaren	39:00	16mm
1972	Ballet adagio	Norman McLaren	10 min	16mm
1972	BALLET ADAGIO ▶	Norman McLaren	10 min
1972	Synchromy = Synchromie ▶	National Film Board of Canada.	8 min	16mm	Color	sound
1971	Ballet Adagio ▶	NFBC	3:50	16mm		sound
1971	Ballet Adagio	Norman McLaren and the National Film Board of Canada	10 min
1971	Ballet Adagio	National Film Board of Canada.	400 ft.
1971	Ballet Adagio	Norman McLaren	10 min
1971	Ballet adagio	the National Film Board of Canada presents ; direction, Norman McLaren.	10	16mm	Color	sound
1969	Pas De Deux ▶	NFBC	16	16mm	B&W	sound
1964	Christmas cracker ▶	National Film Board of Canada (NFBC)	9 min	16mm	Color	sound
1963	CHRISTMAS CRACKER ▶	Norman McLaren, Gerald Potterton, Grant Munro	9 min
1961	New York lightboard ▶	Norman McLaren
1961	New York lightboard record ▶	Norman McLaren
1960	Opening Speech: McLaren ▶	Norman McLaren	8	16mm	B&W	sound
1960	Short and Suite	NFBC IFB	5 min	16mm	Color
1960	SHORT AND SUITE	National Film Board of Canada	5 min	16mm	Color & B&W	Sound
1960	Unit of Life	Norman McLaren	33	16mm	Color
1960	World of Life	Norman McLaren	33	16mm	Color
1959	Short and Suite		2:00
1959	Short and suite
1959	SHORT AND SUITE ▶
1959	Short and Suite	Norman McLaren		16mm
1957	A Chairy tale ▶	INTL. FILM BUREAU	10	16mm	B&W	sound
1956	Rythmetic	International Film Bureau	9	16mm	Color	sound
1956	Rythmetic	Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart	9 min
1956	Rythmetic ▶	Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart	9 min
1955	Blinkity blank	International Film Bureau	6	16mm	Color	sound
1955	Blinkity blank	Norman McLaren	5 min
1955	BLINKITY BLANK ▶	Norman McLaren	5 min
1955	Blinkity Blank	Norman McLaren	6:00	16mm
1952	A Phantasy ▶	Norman McLaren; National Film Board of Canada	8 min	16mm	Color	sound
1952	A Phantasy	Norman McLaren		16mm	Color
1952	Neighbors	Norman McLaren	9	16mm	Color	sound
1952	Neighbours ▶	McLaren Norman 1914-1987	3:00	16mm	Color	sound
1952	Two Bagatelles ▶	National Film Board of Canada	1:09	16mm	Color	sound
1951	Around Is around	Norman McLaren	8 min
1951	AROUND IS AROUND ▶	Norman McLaren	8 min
1951	Now is the time to put on your glasses ▶	Norman McLaren
1951	Pen point percussion: an introduction to hand-drawn sound of Norman McLaren	Norman McLaren
1950	Stars and Stripes	Norman McLaren	33	16mm	Color
1950	Stars and stripes	The National Film Board of Canada presents an experimental film by Norman McLaren ...	3	16mm	Color	sound
1949	Begone Dull Care ▶	National Film Board of Canada.	9 min. 0:08:00	16mm	Color	sound
1949	DOTS ▶	Norman McLaren
1948	Boogie-doodle	The National Film Board of Canada ; Boogie by Albert Ammons ; Doodle by Norman McLaren.	3	16mm	Color	sound
1947	Fiddle-de-dee. ▶	Norman McLaren; NFBC; International Film Bureau	1:50	16mm	Color	sound
1947	La Poulette Grise	National Film Board of Canada.	300 ft.
1947	La Poulette grise	Norman McLaren
1947	Little phantasy on a 19th century painting ▶	Norman McLaren; NFBC; International Film Bureau	4	16mm	B&W	sound