Norman McLaren

director • producer • animation_department

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, abstrac...

Born: April 11, 1914 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Died: February 27, 1987 (age 72)

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Known For

7.1

Pas de deux

Movies & TV Credits

114 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Daedalus Movie	—	Actor	sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren	2024
Blurr Test Movie	—	Actor	—	2006
Birdlings Movie	—	Actor	—	2006
Painting with Light Movie	—	Actor	—	2006
Beginnings Movie	—	Actor	—	2006
McLaren and Space Movie	—	Actor	—	2006
The Art of Motion Movie	—	Actor	—	2006
Tanguy Landscape Test Movie	—	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2006
Evelyn Lambart Movie	—	Actor	—	2006
The Seasons Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
Out-of-Focus Cloudscape Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
McLaren at Play Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
Blurr Test Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
Little Negro Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
Chaplin Test Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
Pen Drawings Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
Birdlings Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
The Hypnosis Film Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
Surrealistic Hand Drawing Movie	—	Directing	Director	2006
War and Peace Movie	—	Actor	Self	2005
On the Farm Movie	6.6	Actor	—	2003
On the Farm Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	2003
Six and Seven-Eighths Movie	6.5	Directing	Director	2003
Creative Process: Norman McLaren Movie	8.2	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1990
Creative Process: Norman McLaren Movie	8.2	Sound	Original Music Composer	1990
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short Movie	—	Actor	—	1985
McLaren on McLaren Short Film	6.2	Actor	Self	1983
Narcissus Short Film	6.5	Directing	Director	1983
Animated Motion #5 Short Film	5.7	Directing	Director	1978
Animated Motion: Part 1 Short Film	6.0	Directing	Director	1976
Animated Motion: Part 2 Short Film	6.0	Directing	Director	1976
Animated Motion: Part 3 Short Film	6.1	Directing	Director	1976
Animated Motion: Part 4 Short Film	6.2	Directing	Director	1976
Pin Screen Short Film	6.6	Actor	—	1973
Pin Screen Short Film	6.6	Directing	Director	1973
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren Movie	7.5	Actor	Self	1972
Ballet Adagio Short Film	7.6	Directing	Director	1972
Synchromy Short Film	6.9	Directing	Director	1971
The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees Movie	7.5	Actor	—	1970
Spheres Short Film	7.4	Directing	Director	1969
Pas de deux Short Film	7.6	Directing	Director	1968
Korean Alphabet Short Film	5.8	Sound	Music	1967
Mosaic Short Film	7.0	Actor	—	1966
Mosaic Short Film	7.0	Directing	Director	1966
Canon Short Film	6.7	Directing	Director	1964
Seven Surprizes Movie	—	Directing	Director	1963
Christmas Cracker Short Film	5.8	Directing	Director	1963
Lines: Horizontal Short Film	6.6	Directing	Director	1962
New York Lightboard Record Short Film	5.6	Actor	Self - Seen with Man in Hat	1961
New York Lightboard Record Short Film	5.6	Directing	Director	1961
The Flicker Film Short Film	6.4	Directing	Director	1961
Opening Speech Short Film	6.8	Actor	Self	1960
Test A for Synchromy Movie	—	Directing	Director	1960
Test B For Synchromy Movie	—	Directing	Director	1960
Lines: Vertical Short Film	6.7	Directing	Director	1960
Opening Speech Short Film	6.8	Directing	Director	1960
Doors Movie	—	Directing	Director	1959
Mail Early for Xmas Short Film	5.0	Directing	Director	1959
Serenal Short Film	6.5	Directing	Director	1959
Short and Suite Short Film	7.1	Directing	Director	1959
The Blackbird Short Film	7.0	Directing	Director	1958
A Chairy Tale Short Film	7.1	Directing	Director	1957
Rythmetic Short Film	6.5	Directing	Director	1956
Blinkity Blank Short Film	6.5	Directing	Director	1955
Two Bagatelles Short Film	6.1	Directing	Director	1953
Around Is Around Short Film	6.7	Directing	Director	1953
A Phantasy Short Film	6.0	Directing	Director	1952
Neighbours Short Film	7.8	Directing	Director	1952
Twirligig Short Film	6.5	Production	Producer	1952
Pen Point Percussion Short Film	6.6	Actor	Self	1951
Pen Point Percussion Short Film	6.6	Directing	Director	1951
Now Is the Time Short Film	6.2	Directing	Director	1951
The Corridor Movie	—	Directing	Director	1950
Begone Dull Care Short Film	7.1	Directing	Director	1950
A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949 Movie	—	Directing	Director	1949
Dots and Loops Movie	—	Directing	Director	1948
Fiddle-de-dee Short Film	6.1	Directing	Director	1947
La poulette grise Short Film	6.1	Directing	Director	1947
A Little Phantasy on a Nineteenth Century Painting Short Film	6.6	Directing	Director	1946
Hoppity Pop Short Film	5.6	Directing	Director	1946
Là-haut sur ces montagnes Short Film	6.4	Directing	Director	1946
A Rainy Day Movie	—	Production	Producer	1944
The Head Test Movie	—	Directing	Director	1944
Alouette Short Film	5.8	Directing	Director	1944
C'est l'aviron Short Film	6.0	Directing	Director	1944
Keep Your Mouth Shut Short Film	6.1	Directing	Director	1944
Chants populaires nº 5 Short Film	5.7	Directing	Director	1944
Chants populaires nº 6 Short Film	—	Directing	Director	1944
Snakes Movie	—	Directing	Director	1943
Barrel Zoom Movie	—	Directing	Director	1943
Dollar Dance Short Film	5.7	Directing	Director	1943
Five for Four Short Film	6.0	Directing	Director	1942
Hen Hop Short Film	6.0	Directing	Director	1942
Boogie-Doodle Short Film	6.4	Directing	Director	1941
Mail Early Short Film	5.6	Directing	Director	1941
V for Victory Short Film	5.5	Directing	Director	1941
Dots Short Film	6.2	Directing	Director	1940
Loops Short Film	6.0	Directing	Director	1940
NBC Valentine Greeting Short Film	5.5	Directing	Director	1940
Spook Sport Short Film	6.6	Directing	Director	1940
Love on the Wing Short Film	6.2	Directing	Director	1939
Scherzo Short Film	5.4	Directing	Director	1939
Stars and Stripes Short Film	6.0	Directing	Director	1939
The Obedient Flame Short Film	5.3	Directing	Director	1939
Mony a Pickle Short Film	5.8	Directing	Director	1938
Book Bargain Short Film	6.5	Directing	Director	1937
News for the Navy Short Film	6.2	Directing	Director	1937
A Job in a Million Short Film	6.3	Editing	Editor	1937
McLaren Homemovie Movie	—	Directing	Director	1936
Hell Unltd Short Film	6.7	Directing	Director	1936
Defence of Madrid Short Film	6.9	Crew	Cinematography	1936
Camera Makes Whoopee Short Film	6.6	Directing	Director	1935
Polychrome Fantasy Short Film	5.5	Directing	Director	1935
7 Till 5 Short Film	6.3	Directing	Director	1933

Norman McLaren

Known For

A Chairy Tale

Begone Dull Care

Neighbours

Pas de deux

Movies & TV Credits