Norman McLaren
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2006Chaplin Test
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2006Surrealistic Hand Drawing
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2006The Hypnosis Film
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2003Six and Seven-Eighths
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1983Narcissus
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1973Pinscreen
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1972Ballet Adagio
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1971Synchromy
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1969Opening Speech
Director & Writer
1968Pas de Deux
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1965Mosaic
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1964Canon
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1963Christmas Cracker
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1962Lines: Horizontal
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1961The Flicker Film
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1961New York Lightboard
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1959Mail Early for Christmas
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1959Short and Suite
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1959Doors
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1957A Chairy Tale
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1955Blinkity Blank
Director & Writer
1952Neighbours
Director & Writer
1952A Phantasy
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1951Pen Point Percussion
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