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Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren

Birthday: 1914-04-11 | Place of Birth: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2009
Jacques Drouin: In Relief

as    Archive Footage

2006
Tanguy Landscape Test

as    Narrator (voice)

2005
War and Peace

as    Self

1990
Creative Process: Norman McLaren

as    Self (archive footage)

1983
McLaren on McLaren

as    Self

1973
Tour en l'air

as    Self

1973
Grierson

as    Self (archive footage)

1969
Opening Speech

as    Self

1951
Pen Point Percussion

as    Self