Norman McLaren

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.

Filmography of Norman McLaren

• Chaplin Test (2006)
• Surrealistic Hand Drawing (2006)
• The Hypnosis Film (2006)
• Six and Seven-Eighths (2003)
• Narcissus (1983)
• Pinscreen (1973)
• Ballet Adagio (1972)
• Synchromy (1971)
• Opening Speech (1969)
• Pas de Deux (1968)
• Mosaic (1965)
• Canon (1964)
• Christmas Cracker (1963)
• Lines: Horizontal (1962)
• The Flicker Film (1961)
• New York Lightboard (1961)
• Mail Early for Christmas (1959)
• Short and Suite (1959)
• Doors (1959)
• Blackbird (1958)
• A Chairy Tale (1957)
• Blinkity Blank (1955)
• Neighbours (1952)
• A Phantasy (1952)
• Pen Point Percussion (1951)
• Now Is the Time (1951)
• Around Is Around (1951)
• The Seasons (1950)
• Pas de deux 5 (1950)
• Begone Dull Care (1949)
• A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 (1949)
• Leapfrog (1949)
• McLaren in Ottawa (1949)
• Colour Flicker (1948)
• Fiddle De-Dee (1947)
• A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting (1946)
• Chants populaires nº 6 (1946)
• Rock the Boat (1944)
• Keep Your Mouth Shut (1944)
• Alouette (1944)