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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

177

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-04-11

Day of Death

1987-02-27 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Also Known As

N. McLaren

McLaren

Norman 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.

Known For

Acting

Tanguy Landscape Test

2006

Tanguy Landscape Test

as

Narrator (voice)

Birdlings

2006

Birdlings

as

Creative Process: Norman McLaren

1990

Creative Process: Norman McLaren

as

Self (archive footage)

New York Lightboard Record

1961

New York Lightboard Record

as

Self - Seen with Man in Hat

Opening Speech

1969

Opening Speech

as

Self

War and Peace

2005

War and Peace

as

Self

Pinscreen

1973

Pinscreen

as

Daedalus

2024

Daedalus

as

sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren

Mosaic

1965

Mosaic

as

Grierson

1973

Grierson

as

Self (archive footage)

Tour en l'air

1973

Tour en l'air

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing

Dots

1940

Dots

as

Loops

1940

Loops

as

Blackbird

1958

Blackbird

as

Snakes

1943

Snakes

as

Mosaic

1965

Mosaic

as

Synchromy

1971

Synchromy

as

Rythmetic

1956

Rythmetic

as

Canon

1964

Canon

as

Hen Hop

1942

Hen Hop

as

Serenal

1959

Serenal

as

Spheres

1969

Spheres

as

Alouette

1944

Alouette

as

5 for 4

1942

5 for 4

as

Scherzo

1939

Scherzo

as

Narcissus

1983

Narcissus

as

Pinscreen

1973

Pinscreen

as

Birdlings

2006

Birdlings

as

Doors

1959

Doors

as

Leapfrog

1949

Leapfrog

as