Norman McLaren
April 11, 1914 (110 years old) in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Daedalus as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
- 2006 · The Art of Motion as
- 2006 · Birdlings as
- 2006 · Beginnings as
- 2006 · Blurr Test as
- 2006 · Evelyn Lambart as
- 2006 · McLaren and Space as
- 2006 · Painting with Light as
- 2006 · Tanguy Landscape Test as Narrator (Voice)
- 2005 · War and Peace as Self
- 2003 · On the Farm as
- 1990 · Creative Process: Norman McLaren as Himself (archive footage)
- 1985 · Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short as
- 1983 · McLaren on McLaren as Himself
- 1973 · Pinscreen as
- 1972 · Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren as Self
- 1970 · The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees as
- 1965 · Mosaic as
- 1961 · Opening Speech as Himself
- 1961 · New York Lightboard Record as Himself - seen with man in hat
- 1951 · Pen Point Percussion as Himself