Norman McLaren
Also Known As: N. McLaren, McLaren
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.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Birthday: April 11, 1914
Deathday: February 27, 1987
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Gender: Male
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Painting with Light
Overview: The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Blurr Test
Overview: Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Beginnings
Overview: The first thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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McLaren and Space
Overview: The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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The Art of Motion
Overview: The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Tanguy Landscape Test
Overview: Featuring a voiceover. 1944 test inspired by surrealist painter Yves Tanguy, an improvised moving growing landscape in a surrealistic manner.
Genres: Animation Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Birdlings
Overview: This 1967 footage shows McLaren at a computer with Evelyn Lambart, Rene Pardo and two other technicians, followed by the animation test some call Birdlings. McLaren found computers still too primitive for his needs and continued to explored the optical printer in Pas De Deux, Synchromy and Narcissus. Silent film.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Evelyn Lambart
Overview: The fifth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren; this time with a focus on his collaborator Evelyn Lambart.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Creative Process: Norman McLaren
Overview: Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition. In Creative Process, director Donald McWilliams demystifies the process of artistic creation. Drawing on McLaren's private film vaults, a gold mine of experimental footage and uncompleted films, McWilliams explores McLaren's methods, including his celebrated "pixillation" technique, and his daring forays into animated surrealism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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New York Lightboard Record
Overview: New Yorkers watch as Norman McLaren's animated promotional film for Canadian tourism plays on the giant pixelboard overlooking Times Square. The caption below the board reads: "Canada... Wonderful World At Your Doorstep". McLaren himself is a member of the crowd.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Opening Speech
Overview: Norman McLaren attempts to give the opening speech for the first Montreal International Film Festival, but his microphone won't cooperate.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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War and Peace
Overview: This documentary short illustrates the thematic role of war in the works of filmmaker Norman McLaren, from his traumatic experiences in the Spanish Civil War to the Korean conflict, which inspired him to make Neighbours.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Pen Point Percussion
Overview: A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.
Genres: Animation Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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Pinscreen
Overview: Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-12
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McLaren on McLaren
Overview: An opening address, a tribute and highlights of a long and productive career--McLaren on McLaren is Norman McLaren on camera. The occasion is the opening of a prestigious festival in Arnhem, the Netherlands, in November, 1983, marking the tenth anniversary of Holland Animation. The renowned animator pays homage to those who merged their arts with his, and to the National Film Board, which gave him forty-two years of artistic freedom.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-13
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The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees
Overview: The career of Scots-Canadian animation innovator, Norman McLaren.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-12
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Daedalus
Overview: "Fly too high and you will burn, go too low and you won't breathe." Daedalus weaves a tale of ambition and caution through an ancient myth, set in a nation below sea level. Shot in just seven consecutive days during the summer of 2023, it concludes the first volume of Bliss, a playlist of sounds and shapes. As the master craftsman gifts his son wings and wisdom, the film delves into the perilous dance between striving for greatness and the suffocating pull of stagnancy. This chaotic exploration bridges the warnings and epiphanic thoughts of 20th-century thinkers with the responses of today's dreamers.
Genres: Music Mystery Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-17
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Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-07-26
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Mosaic
Overview: A man sets a ping-pong ball into motion and it becomes fruitful and multiplies.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-29
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On the Farm
Overview: Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-14
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Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
Overview: So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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